Definition

(plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) history

Etymology

or תֹּלְדָה; from H3205 (יָלַד);

Word family

• יָלַד yâlad

How the KJV renders it

• birth
• generations

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.