Definition

to knead out, i.e. (by analogy) to wipe dry

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and the base of G3145 (μασσάομαι);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• μασσάομαι massáomai

How the KJV renders it

• wipe

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.