Definition

properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)

Etymology

probably from H1129 (בָּנָה);

Word family

• בָּנָה bânâh

How the KJV renders it

• chaff
• straw
• stubble

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.