Strong’s H5064 · Hebrew
נָגַר
nâgar
naw-gar'
Definition
to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- fall
- flow away
- pour down (out)
- run
- shed
- spilt
- trickle down
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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