Strong’s H6275 · Hebrew

עָתַק
ʻâthaq
aw-thak'

Definition

to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old; specifically, to transcribe

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • copy out
  • leave off
  • become (wax) old
  • remove

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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