Strong’s H4963 · Hebrew

מַתְבֵּן
mathbên
math-bane'

Definition

straw in the heap

Etymology

denominative from H8401 (תֶּבֶן);

Where the KJV renders it

  • straw

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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