Definition

to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze

Etymology

a prolonged form of a primary verb (compare G977 (βιβρώσκω), G1016 (βοῦς));

Where the KJV renders it

• feed
• keep

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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