Strong’s H1385 · Hebrew

גְּבִנָה
gᵉbinâh
gheb-ee-naw'

Definition

curdled milk

Etymology

feminine from the same as H1384 (גִּבֵּן);

Where the KJV renders it

  • cheese

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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