Definition

such or what sort of (as a correlation or exclamation); especially the neuter (adverbially) with negative, not so

Etymology

probably akin to G3588 (ὁ), G3739 (ὅς), and G3745 (ὅσος);

Where the KJV renders it

• so (as)
• such as
• what (manner of)
• which

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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