Strong’s H5736 · Hebrew

עֲדַף
ʻădaph
aw-daf'

Definition

to be (causatively, have) redundant

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • be more
  • odd number
  • be (have) over (and above)
  • overplus
  • remain

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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