Strong’s H3701 · Hebrew
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
keh'-sef
Definition
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
Etymology
from H3700 (כָּסַף);
Where the KJV renders it
- money
- price
- silver(-ling)
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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