Strong’s H4543 · Hebrew

מִסְכְּנָה
miçkᵉnâh
mis-ken-aw'

Definition

a magazine

Etymology

by transp. from H3664 (כָּנַס);

Where the KJV renders it

  • store(-house)
  • treasure

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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