Strong’s H4370 · Hebrew
מִכְנָס
miknâç
mik-nawce'
Definition
(only in dual) drawers (from concealing the private parts)
Etymology
from H3647 (כָּמַס) in the sense of hiding;
Where the KJV renders it
- breeches
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