Definition

a rag or old garment

Etymology

from H4414 (מָלַח) in its original sense;

Word family

• מָלַח mâlach

How the KJV renders it

• rotten rag

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.