Definition

to let be, i.e. permit or leave alone

Etymology

of uncertain affinity;

Where the KJV renders it

• commit
• leave
• let (alone)
• suffer

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

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.