Definition

to have sound health, i.e. be well (in body); figuratively, to be uncorrupt (true in doctrine)

Etymology

from G5199 (ὑγιής);

Where the KJV renders it

• be in health
• (be safe and) sound
• (be) whole(-some)

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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