Definition

the menstrual flux (as periodical); by implication (in plural) soiling

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to set a period (compare H5710 (עָדָה), H5749 (עוּד));

Word family

• עָדָה ʻâdâh
• עוּד ʻûwd

How the KJV renders it

• filthy

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.