Strong’s H7660 · Hebrew
שָׁבַץ
shâbats
shaw-bats'
Definition
to interweave (colored) threads in squares; by implication (of reticulation) to inchase gems in gold
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- embroider
- set
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.