Definition

{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}

Etymology

or לַהֶבֶת; feminine of H3851 (לַהַב), and meaning the same

Where the KJV renders it

• flame(-ming)
• head (of a spear)

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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