Strong’s H2048 · Hebrew

הָתַל
hâthal
haw-thal'

Definition

to deride; by implication, to cheat

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • deal deceitfully
  • deceive
  • mock

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.