Strong’s H4412 · Hebrew

מְלוּנָה
mᵉlûwnâh
mel-oo-naw'

Definition

a hut, a hammock

Etymology

feminine from H3885 (לוּן);

Where the KJV renders it

  • cottage
  • lodge

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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