Strong’s H1417 · Hebrew

גְּדוּד
gᵉdûwd
ghed-ood'

Definition

a furrow (as cut)

Etymology

or גְּדֻדָה; (feminine) from H1413 (גָּדַד);

Where the KJV renders it

  • furrow

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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