Definition

fat, i.e. (literally and abstractly) fatness; but usually (figuratively and concretely) a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man

Etymology

from H8080 (שָׁמַן);

Word family

• שָׁמַן shâman

How the KJV renders it

• fat (one
• -ness
• -test
• -test place)

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.