Definition

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• acceptable
• appoint
• choose (choice)
• excellent
• join
• be rather
• require

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

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.