Definition

self-chosen, i.e. (by implication) voluntary

Etymology

from G846 (αὐτός) and the same as G140 (αἱρετίζω);

Where the KJV renders it

• of own accord
• willing of self

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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