Strong’s H4667 · Hebrew

מִפְשָׂעָה
miphsâʻâh
mif-saw-aw'

Definition

a stride, i.e. (by euphemism) the crotch

Etymology

from H6585 (פָּשַׂע);

Where the KJV renders it

  • buttocks

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.

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