Strong’s H5197 · Hebrew

נָטַף
nâṭaph
naw-taf'

Definition

to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • drop(-ping)
  • prophesy(-et)

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.