Definition

{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3605 (כֹּל)

Where the KJV renders it

• all
• any
• + (forasmuch) as
• + be-(for this) cause
• every
• + no (manner
• -ne)
• + there (where) -fore
• + though
• what (where
• who) -soever
• (the) whole

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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