Definition

a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)

Etymology

or feminine מַעְגָּלָה; from the same as H5696 (עָגֹל);

Where the KJV renders it

• going
• path
• trench
• way(-side)

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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