Definition

properly, folded together, i.e. single (figuratively, clear)

Etymology

probably from G1 (Α) (as a particle of union) and the base of G4120 (πλέκω);

Where the KJV renders it

• single

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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