נָזַל

nâzal · Hebrew · Strong's H5140 · 16 occurrences

The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “melt”

What it means

to drip, or shed by trickling

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

distil, drop, flood, flow, gush out, melt, pour, running water, stream

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“melt”

also renders tḗkō (G5080), lýō (G3089), dâlaph (H1811), mûwg (H4127), mâçaç (H4549), nâthak (H5413), tsâraph (H6884), temeç (H8557)

“drop”

also renders ʼegel (H96), nâṭaph (H5197), nâṭâph (H5198), nâthak (H5413), ʻâraph (H6201), râçîyç (H7447), râʻaph (H7491)

“stream”

also renders potamós (G4215), ʼâphîyq (H650), yâbâl (H2988), nᵉhar (H5103), nachal (H5158), peleg (H6388)

“flood”

also renders kataklysmós (G2627), plḗmmyra (G4132), potamós (G4215), mayim (H4325), nachal (H5158)

“pour”

also renders katachéō (G2708), bállō (G906), nâthan (H5414), ʻârâh (H6168), tsûwq (H6694)

“flow”

also renders rhéō (G4482), zûwb (H2100)

“gush out”

also renders ekchéō (G1632), zûwb (H2100)

“distil”

also renders râʻaph (H7491)

Where it appears

16 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

Deuteronomy 32:2 HVqi3fsExodus 15:8 HVqrmpaIsaiah 44:3 HC/VqrmpaIsaiah 45:8 HVqi3mpIsaiah 48:21 HVhp3msJudges 5:5 HVqp3cpJeremiah 9:18 HVqi3mpJeremiah 18:14 HVqrmpaJob 36:28 HVqi3mpNumbers 24:7 HVqi3msProverbs 5:15 HC/VqrmpaPsalm 78:16 HVqrmpaPsalm 78:44 HC/Vqrmpc/Sp3mpPsalm 147:18 HVqi3mpSong of Solomon 4:15 HC/VqrmpaSong of Solomon 4:16 HVqj3mp

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.