Strong’s H4580 · Hebrew

מָעוֹג
mâʻôwg
maw-ogue'

Definition

a cake of bread; parasite

Etymology

from H5746 (עוּג); also with H3934 (לָעֵג) a table-buffoon, i.e.

Where the KJV renders it

  • cake
  • feast

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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