Strong’s H5666 · Hebrew
עָבָה
ʻâbâh
aw-baw'
Definition
to be dense
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- be (grow) thick(-er)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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