Strong’s H4974 · Hebrew

מְתֹם
mᵉthôm
meth-ohm'

Definition

wholesomeness; also (adverb) completely

Etymology

from H8552 (תָּמַם);

Where the KJV renders it

  • men (by reading H4962 (מַת))
  • soundness

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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