Strong’s H5071 · Hebrew

נְדָבָה
nᵉdâbâh
ned-aw-baw'

Definition

properly (abstractly) spontaneity, or (adjectively) spontaneous; also (concretely) a spontaneous or (by inference, in plural) abundant gift

Etymology

from H5068 (נָדַב);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • free(-will) offering
  • freely
  • plentiful
  • voluntary(-ily
  • offering)
  • willing(-ly)

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.