From names to words

jehu

King Jehu of Israel was recognised from afar because 'he driveth furiously' (2 Kings 9:20); from the 1680s English used his name for a fast, reckless coachman.

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From Biblical Hebrew to German

600 BCEBiblical Hebrew

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