Words the Bible translates as bank
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- saphahשָׂפָהedge: the outer rim, border, bank, or shore where something ends
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- lip: the fleshy rim of the mouth, and by extension the speech and the language it produces
- trapezaτράπεζαa moneychanger's table, and so the banking business carried on at it: where coins were exchanged and money left on deposit.
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- a table: the furniture a household or its guests gather around to eat, and by extension the meal it holds or a table set apart for God.
- solelahסֹלְלָהsiege ramp: a mound of earth and stones heaped up against a city wall so that attackers and battering rams can reach the top
- gadahגָּדָהbanknot studied yet
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