Definition

to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy

Etymology

a primitive root (akin to H1468 (גּוּז));

Where the KJV renders it

• cut off (down)
• poll
• shave
• (sheep-) shear(-er)

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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