Strong’s H4142 · Hebrew

מוּסַבָּה
mûwçabbâh
moo-sab-baw'

Definition

a reversal, i.e. the backside (of a gem), fold (of a double-leaved door), transmutation (of a name)

Etymology

or מֻסַבָּה; feminine of H4141 (מוּסָב);

Where the KJV renders it

  • being changed
  • inclosed
  • be set
  • turning

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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