Definition

an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle

Etymology

from H3670 (כָּנַף);

Where the KJV renders it

• bird
• border
• corner
• end
• feather(-ed)
• flying
• (one an-) other
• overspreading
• quarters
• skirt
• sort
• uttermost part
• wing(-ed)

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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