Definition

the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to clothe;

Where the KJV renders it

• arm
• corner
• shoulder(-piece)
• side
• undersetter

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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