Strong’s H1488 · Hebrew

גֵּז
gêz
gaze

Definition

a fleece (as shorn); also mown grass

Etymology

from H1494 (גַּזָז);

Where the KJV renders it

  • fleece
  • mowing
  • mown grass

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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