Strong’s H6079 · Hebrew

עַפְעַף
ʻaphʻaph
af-af'

Definition

an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray

Etymology

from H5774 (עוּף);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • dawning
  • eye-lid

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.