Strong’s H8319 · Hebrew

שָׁרַק
shâraq
shaw-rak'

Definition

properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • hiss

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.