Definition

a crossing-place

Etymology

from H5674 (עָבַר);

Word family

• עָבַר ʻâbar

How the KJV renders it

• ferry
• plain (from the margin)

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.