Strong’s H8080 · Hebrew

שָׁמַן
shâman
shaw-man'

Definition

to shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or gross

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • become (make
  • wax) fat

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.