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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