Strong’s H3586 · Hebrew

כֶּחָשׁ
kechâsh
kekh-awsh'

Definition

faithless

Etymology

from H3584 (כָּחַשׁ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • lying

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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