Strong’s H5133 · Hebrew

נוֹצָה
nôwtsâh
no-tsaw'

Definition

a pinion (or wing feather); often (collectively) plumage

Etymology

or נֹצָה; feminine active participle of H5327 (נָצָה) in the sense of flying;

Where the KJV renders it

  • feather(-s)
  • ostrich

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.

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