Definition

a cord (of a tent); or the string (of a bow)

Etymology

from H3498 (יָתַר); (compare H3499 (יֶתֶר))

Where the KJV renders it

• cord
• string

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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