Strong’s H4604 · Hebrew
מַעַל
maʻal
mah'-al
Definition
treachery, i.e. sin
Etymology
from H4603 (מָעַל);
Word family
How the KJV renders it
- falsehood
- grievously
- sore
- transgression
- trespass
- very
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.