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.
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