Definition

a break (in the shore), i.e. a haven

Etymology

from H6555 (פָּרַץ)lemma פּרַץ missing vowel, corrected to פָּרַץ;

Where the KJV renders it

• breach

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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