Definition

to lead, i.e. command (with official authority); figuratively, to deem, i.e. consider

Etymology

middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of G71 (ἄγω);

Where the KJV renders it

• account
• (be) chief
• count
• esteem
• governor
• judge
• have the rule over
• suppose
• think

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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