Definition

a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming

Etymology

or feminine מַעֲבָרָה; from H5674 (עָבַר);

Where the KJV renders it

• ford
• place where...pass
• passage

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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