Definition

fifth; also a fifth

Etymology

or חֲמִשִּׁי; ordinal from H2568 (חָמֵשׁ);

Word family

• חָמֵשׁ châmêsh

How the KJV renders it

• fifth (part)

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.