Definition

something turned (rounded), i.e. a curl (of tresses)

Etymology

from H7185 (קָשָׁה) in the sense of knotting up round and hard;

Where the KJV renders it

• well (set) hair

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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