Definition

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• choose
• create (creator)
• cut down
• dispatch
• do
• make (fat)

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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