Strong’s H444 · Hebrew
אָלַח
ʼâlach
aw-lakh'
Definition
to muddle, i.e. (figuratively and intransitive) to turn (morally) corrupt
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- become filthy
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.