Strong’s H4351 · Hebrew

מְכוּרָה
mᵉkûwrâh
mek-oo-raw'

Definition

origin (as if a mine)

Etymology

or מְכֹרָה; from the same as H3564 (כּוּר) in the sense of dipping;

Where the KJV renders it

  • birth
  • habitation
  • nativity

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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