Definition

grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness

Etymology

from H8080 (שָׁמַן);

Word family

• שָׁמַן shâman

How the KJV renders it

• anointing
• fat (things)
• fruitful
• oil(-ed)
• ointment
• olive
• pine

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.