Definition

to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• deal
• distribute
• divide
• flatter
• give
• (have
• im-) part(-ner)
• take away a portion
• receive
• separate self
• (be) smooth(-er)

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.