Strong’s H4837 · Hebrew

מַרְצֶפֶת
martsepheth
mar-tseh'-feth

Definition

a pavement

Etymology

from H7528 (רָצַף);

Where the KJV renders it

  • pavement

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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