Definition

to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• leave destitute
• discover
• empty
• make naked
• pour (out)
• rase
• spread self
• uncover

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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