Strong’s H1946 · Hebrew
הוּךְ
hûwk
hook
Definition
to go; causatively, to bring
Etymology
(Aramaic) corresponding to H1981 (הֲלַךְ);
Where the KJV renders it
- bring again
- come
- go (up)
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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