Strong’s H5715 · Hebrew

עֵדוּת
ʻêdûwth
ay-dooth'

Definition

testimony

Etymology

feminine of H5707 (עֵד);

Where the KJV renders it

  • testimony
  • witness

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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