Strong’s H1563 · Hebrew

גָּלַם
gâlam
gaw-lam'

Definition

to fold

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • wrap together

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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