Strong’s H4292 · Hebrew

מַטְאֲטֵא
maṭʼăṭêʼ
mat-at-ay'

Definition

a broom (as removing dirt (compare English 'to dust', i.e. remove dust))

Etymology

apparently a denominative from H2916 (טִיט);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • besom

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.