Strong’s H5122 · Hebrew

נְוָלוּ
nᵉvâlûw
nev-aw-loo'

Definition

a sink

Etymology

(Aramaic) or נְוָלִי; (Aramaic), from an unused root probably meaning to be foul;

Where the KJV renders it

  • dunghill

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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