Definition

to hold oneself opposite to, i.e. (by implication) adhere to; by extension to care for

Etymology

from G473 (ἀντί) and the middle voice of G2192 (ἔχω);

Where the KJV renders it

• hold fast
• hold to
• support

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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