Definition

a shirt

Etymology

or כֻּתֹּנֶת; from an unused root meaning to cover (compare H3802 (כָּתֵף));

Where the KJV renders it

• coat
• garment
• robe

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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