Strong’s H4097 · Hebrew

מִדְרָשׁ
midrâsh
mid-rawsh'

Definition

properly, an investigation, i.e. (by implication) a treatise or elaborate compilation

Etymology

from H1875 (דָּרַשׁ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • story

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What the first audience heard

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