Definition

a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)

Etymology

or מַטָּרָה; from H5201 (נָטַר);

Where the KJV renders it

• mark
• prison

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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