Definition

to raise in mid-air, i.e. (figuratively) suspend (passively, fluctuate or be anxious)

Etymology

from a compound of G3326 (μετά) and a collateral form of G142 (αἴρω) or perhaps rather G109 (ἀήρ) (compare "meteor");

Where the KJV renders it

• be of doubtful mind

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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