Strong’s H1920 · Hebrew
הָדַף
Hâdaph
haw-daf'
Definition
to push away or down
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- cast away (out)
- drive
- expel
- thrust (away)
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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