Strong’s G1643 · Greek

ἐλαύνω
elaúnō

Definition

to push (as wind, oars or dæmonical power)

Etymology

a prolonged form of a primary verb (obsolete except in certain tenses as an alternative of this) of uncertain affinity;

Where the KJV renders it

  • carry
  • drive
  • row

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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