Definition

a kneading-trough (in which the dough rises)

Etymology

from H7604 (שָׁאַר) in the original sense of swelling;

Where the KJV renders it

• kneading trough
• store

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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