Definition

{to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal}

Etymology

(Aramaic) or גְּלָא; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1540 (גָּלָה)

Where the KJV renders it

• bring over
• carry away
• reveal

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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