Definition

properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age

Etymology

from H2778 (חָרַף);

Where the KJV renders it

• cold
• winter (-house)
• youth

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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