Definition

probably a ligament (as fastening)

Etymology

from G680 (ἅπτομαι);

Word family

• ἅπτομαι háptomai

How the KJV renders it

• joint

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek 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.