Strong’s H1607 · Hebrew

גָּעַשׁ
gâʻash
gaw-ash'

Definition

to agitate violently

Etymology

a primitive root

Where the KJV renders it

  • move
  • shake
  • toss
  • trouble

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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