Strong’s H4688 · Hebrew

מְצוֹלָה
mᵉtsôwlâh
mets-o-law'

Definition

a deep place (of water or mud)

Etymology

or מְצֹלָה; also מְצוּלָה; or מְצֻלָה; from the same as H6683 (צוּלָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • bottom
  • deep
  • depth

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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