Strong’s H3950 · Hebrew
לָקַט
lâqaṭ
law-kat'
Definition
properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- gather (up)
- glean
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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