Strong’s G5204 · Greek

ὕδωρ
hýdōr

Definition

water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively

Etymology

from the base of G5205 (ὑετός);

Where the KJV renders it

  • water

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek 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.

What the first audience heard

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