Strong’s H4464 · Hebrew

מַמְזֵר
mamzêr
mam-zare'

Definition

a mongrel, i.e. born of aJewish father and aheathen mother

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to alienate;

How the KJV renders it

  • bastard

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.