king james version
/ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɝː.ʒən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An English translation, published in 1611, of the Bible from the original Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament) commissioned for the Church of England, which is the version most quoted and influential in English literature and English Protestant religious culture.
Example Sentences
- "[...], and of course the Bible, the men who wrote it and especially the men who made the King James version, for it was the language of the Bible rather than its "message" which I got first and which I will never shake off."
- "a. 1998, Jeffrey M. Perl, Common Knowledge, quoted in front material, Homer, Robert Fagles (translator), The Iliad, page i "Fagles' Homer, Sophocles, and especially Aeschylus may one day stand relation to their originals as the King James Version to Greek and Hebrew Scripture.""
- "The Catholic priest would have been surprised that the old shaman had memorized the King James version of this song."
- "She thought for a moment, trying to remember; then she told him, "twenty-third Psalm, King James version," as best she recalled."
- "It pained him to tell the story, yet tell it he did, over and over, in the unabridged, King James version."
- "A Bible, King James Version. (This he stuck in his bag, because anybody who knows anything about English literature knows you can't ger away from the Bible.)"
Etymology
Named for James I of England (James VI of Scotland), who authorized the production of a new English translation of the Bible.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɝː.ʒən/
- British English: /ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɜː.ʃən/
Inflected Forms
the King James Version (canonical)