Definition

to eject (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G906 (βάλλω);

Where the KJV renders it

• bring forth
• cast (forth
• out)
• drive (out)
• expel
• leave
• pluck (pull
• take
• thrust) out
• put forth (out)
• send away (forth

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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