Definition

the middle (of the night)

Etymology

from H2673 (חָצָה)lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה;

Word family

• חָצָה châtsâh

How the KJV renders it

• mid(-night)

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.