Strong’s H3926 · Hebrew

לְמוֹ
lᵉmôw
lem-o'

Definition

to or for

Etymology

a prolonged and separable form of the prepositional prefix;

Where the KJV renders it

  • at
  • for
  • to
  • upon

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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