Strong’s H3892 · Hebrew
לַח
lach
lakh
Definition
fresh, i.e. unused or undried
Etymology
from an unused root meaning to be new;
Where the KJV renders it
- green
- moist
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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