Strong’s H4749 · Hebrew

מִקְשָׁה
miqshâh
mik-shaw'

Definition

rounded work, i.e. moulded by hammering (repousse)

Etymology

feminine of H4748 (מִקְשֶׁה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • beaten (out of one piece
  • work)
  • upright
  • whole piece

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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