Definition

to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

Etymology

a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e.

Where the KJV renders it

• in any wise
• at all
• avenger
• deliver
• (do
• perform the part of near
• next) kinsfolk(-man)
• purchase
• ransom
• redeem(-er)
• revenger

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.