Definition

to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder

Etymology

a primitive root; (also denominatively from H1098 (בְּלִיל)) to fodder

Where the KJV renders it

• anoint
• confound
• fade
• mingle
• mix (self)
• give provender
• temper

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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