Definition

to let up, i.e. (literally) slacken or (figuratively) desert, desist from

Etymology

from G303 (ἀνά) and (to send);

Where the KJV renders it

• forbear
• leave
• loose

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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