Definition

to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

Etymology

middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) , or (active) , which do not otherwise occur);

Where the KJV renders it

• accompany
• appear
• bring
• come
• enter
• fall out
• go
• grow
• X light
• X next
• pass
• resort
• be set

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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