Strong’s H7660 · Hebrew

שָׁבַץ
shâbats
shaw-bats'

Definition

to interweave (colored) threads in squares; by implication (of reticulation) to inchase gems in gold

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • embroider
  • set

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.