Strong’s H4540 · Hebrew

מְסֻכָּה
mᵉçukkâh
mes-ook-kaw'

Definition

a covering, i.e. garniture

Etymology

from H5526 (סָכַךְ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • covering

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.

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