Words the Bible translates as untimely birth
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ektrōmaἔκτρωμαa miscarriage: a child expelled from the womb dead, or far too undeveloped to live
- nephelנֵפֶלa stillborn child: a baby lost through miscarriage or stillbirth, pictured as one that falls from the womb before its time
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