Definition

to give throughout a crowd, i.e. deal out; also to deliver over (as to a successor)

Etymology

from G1223 (διά) and G1325 (δίδωμι);

Where the KJV renders it

• (make) distribute(-ion)
• divide
• give

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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