Definition

a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)

Etymology

or (feminine) צַלְעָה; from H6760 (צָלַע);

Word family

• צָלַע tsâlaʻ

How the KJV renders it

• beam
• board
• chamber
• corner
• leaf
• plank
• rib
• side (chamber)

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.