Definition

entirely; specially, at all events, (with negative, following) in no event

Etymology

adverb from G3956 (πᾶς);

Where the KJV renders it

• by all means
• altogether
• at all
• needs
• no doubt
• in (no) wise
• surely

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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