Definition

to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• exceed
• confirm
• be great
• be mighty
• prevail
• put to more (strength)
• strengthen
• be stronger
• be valiant

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.