Strong’s H4230 · Hebrew

מְחוּגָה
mᵉchûwgâh
mekk-oo-gaw'

Definition

an instrument for marking a circle, i.e. compasses

Etymology

from H2328 (חוּג);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • compass

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.