Strong’s H1259 · Hebrew

בָּרָד
bârâd
baw-rawd'

Definition

hail

Etymology

from H1258 (בָּרַד);

Where the KJV renders it

  • hail(stones)

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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