Strong’s H2320 · Hebrew

חֹדֶשׁ
chôdesh
kho'-desh

Definition

the new moon; by implication, a month

Etymology

from H2318 (חָדַשׁ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • month(-ly)
  • new moon

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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