Strong’s H3871 · Hebrew

לוּחַ
lûwach
loo'-akh

Definition

probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal

Etymology

or לֻחַ; from a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • board
  • plate
  • table

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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