Strong’s H5100 · Hebrew

נְהָמָה
nᵉhâmâh
neh-haw-maw'

Definition

snarling

Etymology

feminine of H5099 (נַהַם);

Where the KJV renders it

  • disquietness
  • roaring

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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