Strong’s H355 · Hebrew

אַיָּלָה
ʼayâlâh
ah-yaw-law'

Definition

a doe or female deer

Etymology

feminine of H354 (אַיָּל);

Where the KJV renders it

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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.

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