Definition

something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold

Etymology

from H5462 (סָגַר);

Word family

• סָגַר çâgar

How the KJV renders it

• border
• close place
• hole

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.