Definition

well standing around, i.e. (a competitor) thwarting (a racer) in every direction (figuratively, of sin in genitive case)

Etymology

from G2095 (εὖ) and a derivative of a presumed compound of G4012 (περί) and G2476 (ἵστημι);

Where the KJV renders it

• which doth so easily beset

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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