Strong’s H3770 · Hebrew

כְּרֵשׂ
kᵉrês
ker-ace'

Definition

the paunch or belly (as swelling out)

Etymology

by variation from H7164 (קָרַס);

Where the KJV renders it

  • belly

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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