Definition

to hunch, i.e. be hump-backed

Etymology

a primitive root; properly, to protrude; used only as denominative from H7165 (קֶרֶס) (for alliteration with H7167 (קָרַע)),

Word family

• קֶרֶס qereç
• קָרַע qâraʻ

How the KJV renders it

• stoop

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.