Strong’s H4550 · Hebrew

מַסַּע
maççaʻ
mas-sah'

Definition

a departure (from striking the tents), i.e. march (not necessarily a single day's travel); by implication, a station (or point of departure)

Etymology

from H5265 (נָסַע);

Where the KJV renders it

  • journey(-ing)

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