Definition

the itch; the sun

Etymology

or (with a directive enclitic) חַרְסָה; from an unused root meaning to scrape; also perhaps from the mediating idea of H2777 (חַרְסוּת)

Word family

• חַרְסוּת charçûwth

How the KJV renders it

• itch
• sun

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.