Strong’s H4615 · Hebrew

מַעֲמָק
maʻămâq
mah-am-awk'

Definition

a deep

Etymology

from H6009 (עָמַק);

Where the KJV renders it

  • 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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