Definition

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

Etymology

from H5068 (נָדַב);

Where 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.

What the first audience heard

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