Strong’s H3582 · Hebrew

כָּחַד
kâchad
kaw-khad'

Definition

to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • conceal
  • cut down (off)
  • desolate
  • hide

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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