Strong’s H5142 · Hebrew

נְזַק
nᵉzaq
nez-ak'

Definition

to suffer (causatively, inflict) loss

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to the root of H5143 (נֵזֶק);

Where the KJV renders it

  • have (en-) damage
  • hurt(-ful)

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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