Strong’s H5940 · Hebrew

עֱלִי
ʻĕlîy
el-ee'

Definition

a pestle (as lifted)

Etymology

from H5927 (עָלָה);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • pestle

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.