Strong’s H7049 · Hebrew

קָלַע
qâlaʻ
kaw-lah'

Definition

to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • carve
  • sling (out)

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.