Strong’s H1572 · Hebrew

גָּמָא
gâmâʼ
gaw-maw'

Definition

to absorb

Etymology

a primitive root (literally or figuratively) to absorb

How the KJV renders it

  • swallow
  • drink

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.