Strong’s H5148 · Hebrew

נָחָה
nâchâh
naw-khaw'

Definition

to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • bestow
  • bring
  • govern
  • guide
  • lead (forth)
  • put
  • straiten

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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