Strong’s H1715 · Hebrew

דָּגָן
dâgân
daw-gawn'

Definition

properly, increase, i.e. grain

Etymology

from H1711 (דָּגָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • corn (floor)
  • wheat

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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