Definition

to unbend, i.e. rise; figuratively, be elated

Etymology

from G303 (ἀνά) (in the sense of reversal) and G2955 (κύπτω);

Word family

• ἀνά aná
• κύπτω kýptō

How the KJV renders it

• lift up
• look up

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek 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.