Definition

a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow;

Where the KJV renders it

• gift
• oblation
• (meat) offering
• present
• sacrifice

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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