Strong’s H1632 · Hebrew

גָּרֹל
gârôl
gaw-role'

Definition

harsh

Etymology

from the same as H1486 (גּוֹרָל);

Where the KJV renders it

  • man of great (as in the margin which reads H1419 (גָּדוֹל))

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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