Definition

(only plural) wings of an army, or crowds of troops

Etymology

probably from H5062 (נָגַף) (through the idea of impending); a cover or heap; i.e.

Where the KJV renders it

• bands

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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