Definition

to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• advertise
• appear
• bewray
• bring
• (carry
• lead
• go) captive (into captivity)
• depart
• disclose
• discover
• exile
• be gone
• open
• plainly
• publish
• remove
• reveal
• shamelessly
• shew
• surely
• tell
• 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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