Strong’s H4041 · Hebrew

מְגַמָּה
mᵉgammâh
meg-am-maw'

Definition

properly, accumulation, i.e. impulse or direction

Etymology

from the same as H1571 (גַּם);

Where the KJV renders it

  • sup up

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