Definition

to take by enclosing altogether, i.e. earnestly throw the arms about one

Etymology

from G4862 (σύν) and a compound of G4012 (περί) and G2983 (λαμβάνω);

Word family

• σύν sýn
• περί perí
• λαμβάνω lambánō

How the KJV renders it

• embrace

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.