Definition

to "strew," i.e. spread (as a carpet or couch)

Etymology

prolongation from a still simpler , (used only as an alternate in certain tenses) (probably akin to G4731 (στερεός) through the idea of positing);

Where the KJV renders it

• make bed
• furnish
• spread
• strew

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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