Strong’s H1539 · Hebrew

גֶּלֶד
geled
ghe'-led

Definition

the (human) skin (as smooth)

Etymology

from an unused root probably meaning to polish;

Where the KJV renders it

  • skin

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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