Definition

to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)

Etymology

a primary verb (for which other, and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely, ; and ;

Where the KJV renders it

• be
• bear
• bring (forth)
• carry
• come
• + let her drive
• be driven
• endure
• go on
• lay
• lead
• move
• reach
• rushing
• uphold

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

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.