Definition

to be later, i.e. (by implication) to be inferior; generally, to fall short (be deficient)

Etymology

from G5306 (ὕστερος);

Where the KJV renders it

• come behind (short)
• be destitute
• fail
• lack
• suffer need
• (be in) want
• be the worse

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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