Strong’s H4539 · Hebrew
מָסָךְ
mâçâk
maw-sawk'
Definition
a cover, i.e. veil
Etymology
from H5526 (סָכַךְ);
Where the KJV renders it
- covering
- curtain
- hanging
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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