Strong’s H3644 · Hebrew

כְּמוֹ
kᵉmôw
kem-o'

Definition

a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so

Etymology

or כָּמוֹ; (compare H3651 (כֵּן));

Where the KJV renders it

  • according to
  • (such) as (it were
  • well as)
  • in comparison of
  • like (as
  • to
  • unto)
  • thus
  • when
  • worth

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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