Definition

literal or figurative; direct or remote)

Etymology

a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause;

Where the KJV renders it

• after
• among
• X are
• at
• betwixt(-yond)
• by (the means of)
• exceedingly
• (+ abundantly above)
• for(- th)
• from (among
• forth
• up)
• + grudgingly
• + heartily
• X heavenly
• X hereby
• + very highly
• in
• …ly
• (because
• by reason) of
• off (from)
• on
• out among (from
• of)
• over
• since
• X thenceforth
• through
• X unto
• X vehemently
• with(-out)

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.