Definition

to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and G1325 (δίδωμι);

Where the KJV renders it

• betray
• bring forth
• cast
• commit
• deliver (up)
• give (over
• up)
• hazard
• put in prison
• recommend

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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