Strong’s H1716 · Hebrew

דָּגַר
dâgar
daw-gar'

Definition

to brood over eggs or young

Etymology

a primitive root,

Where the KJV renders it

  • gather
  • sit

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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