Definition

a Libyan or inhabitant of interior Africa (only in plural)

Etymology

or לֻבִּי; (Daniel 11:43), partrial from a name probably derived from an unused root meaning to thirst, i.e. a dry region; apparently

Where the KJV renders it

• Lubim(-s)
• Libyans

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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