Definition

stall-fed; often (as noun) a beeve

Etymology

from H4754 (מָרָא) in the sense of grossness, through the idea of domineering (compare H4756 (מָרֵא));

Where the KJV renders it

• fat (fed) beast (cattle
• -ling)

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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