Strong’s H5140 · Hebrew
נָזַל
nâzal
naw-zal'
Definition
to drip, or shed by trickling
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- distil
- drop
- flood
- (cause to) flow(-ing)
- gush out
- melt
- pour (down)
- running water
- stream
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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