Definition

an aunt

Etymology

feminine of H1730 (דּוֹד);

Word family

• דּוֹד dôwd

How the KJV renders it

• aunt
• father's sister
• uncle's wife

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.