Definition

mud or clay; figuratively, calamity

Etymology

from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rather perb. a demonstrative); from H2894 (טוּא), through the idea of dirt to be swept away);

Word family

• טוּא ṭûwʼ

How the KJV renders it

• clay
• dirt
• mire

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.