Strong’s H5754 · Hebrew

עַוָּה
ʻavvâh
av-vaw'

Definition

overthrow

Etymology

intensive from H5753 (עָוָה) abbreviated;

Where the KJV renders it

  • overturn

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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