Strong’s H1518 · Hebrew

גִּיחַ
gîyach
ghee'-akh

Definition

to gush forth (as water), generally to issue

Etymology

or (shortened) גֹּחַ; a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • break forth
  • labor to bring forth
  • come forth
  • draw up
  • take out

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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