Definition

silence (i.e. mute justice)

Etymology

from H481 (אָלַם);

Word family

• אָלַם ʼâlam

How the KJV renders it

• congregation. Compare H3128 (יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים)

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.