Definition

to throw upon (literal or figurative, transitive or reflexive; usually with more or less force); specially (with G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ) implied) to reflect; impersonally, to belong to

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G906 (βάλλω);

Where the KJV renders it

• beat into
• cast (up-)on
• fall
• lay (on)
• put (unto)
• stretch forth
• think on

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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