Definition

to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• make bare
• clean
• discover
• draw out
• take
• uncover

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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