Strong’s H3638 · Hebrew

כִּלְמָד
Kilmâd
kil-mawd'

Definition

Kilmad, a place apparently in the Assyrian empire

Etymology

of foreign derivation;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Chilmad

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What the first audience heard

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