Strong’s H3955 · Hebrew

לְשַׁד
lᵉshad
lesh-ad'

Definition

(figuratively) vigor; also a sweet or fat cake

Etymology

from an unused root of uncertain meaning; apparently juice, i.e.

Where the KJV renders it

  • fresh
  • moisture

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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