Definition

a male ass (from its dun red)

Etymology

or (shortened) חֲמֹר; from H2560 (חָמַר);

Word family

• חָמַר châmar

How the KJV renders it

• (he) ass

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.