Fairs

FAIRS farz:

Found only 5 times in the King James Version (Ezekiel 27:12,14,16,19,27), apparently incorrect translation of `izzabhon, according to modern Hebraists (though Gesenius gives "fair" as one of its meanings). The Septuagint translates the Hebrew of the above five passages by two different words, agora, "market-place" (Ezekiel 27:12,14,16,19), and misthos, "hire," "pay" (Ezekiel 27:27,33). The King James Version follows the Wyclif version in Ezekiel 27:12 and the Geneva version throughout, although it properly translates "wares" in Ezekiel 27:33. the Revised Version (British and American) gives "wares" (which see) throughout.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'FAIRS'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.