Strong’s H3704 · Hebrew
כֶּסֶת
keçeth
keh'-seth
Definition
a cushion or pillow (as covering a seat or bed)
Etymology
from H3680 (כָּסָה);
Where the KJV renders it
- pillow
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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