Strong’s H4734 · Hebrew

מִקְלַעַת
miqlaʻath
mik-lah'-ath

Definition

a sculpture (probably in bas-relief)

Etymology

from H7049 (קָלַע);

Where the KJV renders it

  • carved (figure)
  • carving
  • graving

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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