Definition

to thicken, i.e. (by implication) to fatten (figuratively, stupefy or render callous)

Etymology

from a derivative of G4078 (πήγνυμι) (meaning thick);

Where the KJV renders it

• wax gross

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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