Strong’s H4045 · Hebrew

מִגְעֶרֶת
migʻereth
mig-eh'-reth

Definition

reproof (i.e. curse)

Etymology

from H1605 (גָּעַר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • rebuke

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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