Definition

a sowing; also a possession

Etymology

from H4900 (מָשַׁךְ);

Word family

• מָשַׁךְ mâshak

How the KJV renders it

• precious
• price

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.