Definition

properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)

Etymology

from H3498 (יָתַר);

Word family

• יָתַר yâthar

How the KJV renders it

• abundant
• cord
• exceeding
• excellancy(-ent)
• what they leave
• that hath left
• plentifully
• remnant
• residue
• rest
• string
• with

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.