Definition

a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea

Etymology

also (in plural) feminine (Ezekiel 27:28) מִגְרָשָׁה; from H1644 (גָּרַשׁ);

Where the KJV renders it

• cast out
• suburb

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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