Strong’s H4701 · Hebrew

מִצְנֶפֶת
mitsnepheth
mits-neh'-feth

Definition

a tiara, i.e. official turban (of a king or high priest)

Etymology

from H6801 (צָנַף);

Where the KJV renders it

  • diadem
  • mitre

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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