Definition

to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from G906 (βάλλω), which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from (see in G1614 (ἐκτείνω)), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse

Etymology

a primary verb (perhaps rather akin to the base of G4474 (ῥαπίζω), through the idea of sudden motion);

Where the KJV renders it

• cast (down
• out)
• scatter abroad
• throw

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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