Strong’s H1584 · Hebrew

גָּמַר
gâmar
gaw-mar'

Definition

to end (in the sense of completion or failure)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • cease
  • come to an end
  • fail
  • perfect
  • perform

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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