Definition

a wavering, i.e. fall; by implication, a pole (as shaking); hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole)

Etymology

from H4131 (מוֹט);

Where the KJV renders it

• bar
• be moved
• staff
• yoke

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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