Definition

witticism, i.e. (in a vulgar sense) ribaldry

Etymology

from a compound of G2095 (εὖ) and a derivative of the base of G5157 (τροπή) (meaning well-turned, i.e. ready at repartee, jocose);

Where the KJV renders it

• jesting

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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