Definition

Maher-Shalal-Chash-Baz; the symbolical name of the son of Isaiah

Etymology

from H4118 (מַהֵר) and H7998 (שָׁלָל) and H2363 (חוּשׁ) and H957 (בַּז); hasting (is he (the enemy) to the) booty, swift (to the) prey;

Where the KJV renders it

• Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz

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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