Definition

to overturn; also to return; by implication, to busy oneself, i.e. remain, live

Etymology

from G303 (ἀνά) and G4762 (στρέφω);

Where the KJV renders it

• abide
• behave self
• have conversation
• live
• overthrow
• pass
• return
• be used

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.

What the first audience heard

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