Strong’s H5545 · Hebrew

סָלַח
çâlach
saw-lakh'

Definition

to forgive

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • forgive
  • pardon
  • spare

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.