Strong’s H3179 · Hebrew

יָחַם
yâcham
yaw-kham'

Definition

probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • get heat
  • be hot
  • conceive
  • be warm

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.