Definition

to crush (or intransitively) crumble

Etymology

a primitive root (compare H1915 (הָדַךְ)lemma הָדךְ missing vowel, corrected to הָדַךְ);

Where the KJV renders it

• beat in pieces (small)
• bruise
• make dust
• (into) powder
• (be
• very) small
• stamp (small)

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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