Strong’s H4201 · Hebrew

מְזוּזָה
mᵉzûwzâh
mez-oo-zaw'

Definition

a door-post (as prominent)

Etymology

or מְזֻזָה; from the same as H2123 (זִיז);

Where the KJV renders it

  • (door
  • side) post

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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