Definition

{to advance, i.e. pass on or continue; causatively, to remove; specifically, to bedeck (i.e. bring an ornament upon)}

Etymology

(Aramaic) or עֲדָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H5710 (עָדָה)

Where the KJV renders it

• alter
• depart
• pass (away)
• remove
• take (away)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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