Definition

to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• change
• (make) diligent (search)
• disquise self
• hide
• search (for
• out)

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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