Strong’s H3971 · Hebrew

מאוּם
mʼûwm
moom

Definition

to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)

Etymology

usually מוּם; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning

How the KJV renders it

  • blemish
  • blot
  • spot

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.