Strong’s H4759 · Hebrew
מַרְאָה
marʼâh
mar-aw'
Definition
a vision; also (causatively) a mirror
Etymology
feminine of H4758 (מַרְאֶה);
Where the KJV renders it
- looking glass
- vision
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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