Definition

literally, to say adieu (by departing or dismissing); figuratively, to renounce

Etymology

middle voice from G575 (ἀπό) and G5021 (τάσσω);

Where the KJV renders it

• bid farewell
• forsake
• take leave
• send away

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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