Strong’s H1407 · Hebrew

גַּד
gad
gad

Definition

coriander seed (from its furrows)

Etymology

from H1413 (גָּדַד) (in the sense of cutting);

Where the KJV renders it

  • coriander

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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