Definition

a drop; specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte)

Etymology

from H5197 (נָטַף);

Word family

• נָטַף nâṭaph

How the KJV renders it

• drop
• stacte

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.