Definition

to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner

Etymology

middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from G5495 (χείρ), to handle);

Where the KJV renders it

• entreat
• use

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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