Definition

to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• bestow on
• deal bountifully
• do (good)
• recompense
• requite
• reward
• ripen
• serve
• mean
• yield

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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