Definition

to invert, i.e. (figuratively and reflexively) in a good sense, to respect; or in a bad one, to confound

Etymology

from G1722 (ἐν) and the base of G5157 (τροπή);

Where the KJV renders it

• regard
• (give) reference
• shame

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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