Definition

a covering (in a bad sense), i.e. blindness or obduracy

Etymology

from H4042 (מָגַן);

Word family

• מָגַן mâgan

How the KJV renders it

• sorrow. See also H4043 (מָגֵן)

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.