H7827 שְׁחֵלֶת (shekh-ay'-leth)
- KJV renderings
- onycha.
- Strong's definition
- a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel.
- Derivation
- apparently from the same as H7826 (שַׁחַל) through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound;
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