Strong’s H4631 · Hebrew
מְעָרָה
mᵉʻârâh
meh-aw-raw'
Definition
a cavern (as dark)
Etymology
from H5783 (עוּר);
Where the KJV renders it
- cave
- den
- hole
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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