Definition

to find (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

a prolonged form of a primary , which (together with another cognate form) is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect;

Where the KJV renders it

• find
• get
• obtain
• perceive
• see

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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