Definition

to hit under the eye (buffet or disable an antagonist as a pugilist), i.e. (figuratively) to tease or annoy (into compliance), subdue (one's passions)

Etymology

from a compound of G5259 (ὑπό) and a derivative of G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

• keep under
• weary

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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