Definition

(actively) to have out, i.e. receive in full; (intransitively) to keep (oneself) away, i.e. be distant (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and G2192 (ἔχω);

Where the KJV renders it

• be
• have
• receive

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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