Strong’s H7551 · Hebrew

רָקַם
râqam
raw-kam'

Definition

to variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricate

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • embroiderer
  • needlework
  • curiously work

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.