Definition

to cross entirely

Etymology

from G1223 (διά) and a derivative of the base of G4008 (πέραν);

Where the KJV renders it

• go over
• pass (over)
• sail over

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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