Strong’s H3600 · Hebrew
כִּיר
kîyr
keer
Definition
a cooking range (consisting of two parallel stones, across which the boiler is set)
Etymology
a form for H3564 (כּוּר) (only in the dual);
Where the KJV renders it
- ranges for pots
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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