Definition

properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides

Etymology

from H909 (בָּדַד);

Where the KJV renders it

• alone
• apart
• bar
• besides
• branch
• by self
• of each alike
• except
• only
• part
• staff
• strength

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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