Strong’s H6473 · Hebrew

פָּעַר
pâʻar
paw-ar'

Definition

to yawn, i.e. open wide (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • gape
  • open (wide)

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.