Strong’s H1605 · Hebrew

גָּעַר
gâʻar
gaw-ar'

Definition

to chide

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • corrupt
  • rebuke
  • reprove

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.