Definition

{a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token}

Etymology

apparently a contraction for H3678 (כִּסֵּא), but probably by erroneous transcription for H5251 (נֵס)

Word family

• כִּסֵּא kiççêʼ
• נֵס nêç

How the KJV renders it

• sworn

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.