Definition

properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful); to announce (glad news)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• messenger
• preach
• publish
• shew forth
• (bear
• bring
• carry
• good
• tell good) tidings

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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