Strong’s H4838 · Hebrew

מָרַק
mâraq
maw-rak'

Definition

to polish; by implication, to sharpen; also to rinse

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • bright
  • furbish
  • scour

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.