Definition

a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier

Etymology

from H5186 (נָטָה);

Word family

• נָטָה nâṭâh

How the KJV renders it

• bed(-chamber)
• bier

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.