Definition

properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint

Etymology

also (in plural) feminine מוֹסֵרָה; or מֹסְרָה; from H3256 (יָסַר);

Where the KJV renders it

• band
• bond

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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