Strong’s H1371 · Hebrew

גִּבֵּחַ
gibbêach
ghib-bay'-akh

Definition

bald in the forehead

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to be high (in the forehead);

Where the KJV renders it

  • forehead bald

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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