Definition

vilification

Etymology

or (shortened) גִּדֻּף; and (feminine) גִּדּוּפָהxlit giddûphâh corrected to giddûwphâh; or גִּדֻּפָה; from H1422 (גְּדוּפָה);

Where the KJV renders it

• reproach
• reviling

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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