Definition

a pouring rain

Etymology

probably from H5462 (סָגַר) in the sense of sweeping away;

Word family

• סָגַר çâgar

How the KJV renders it

• very rainy

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.