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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