Definition

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• abide
• assemble
• be afraid
• dwell
• fear
• gather (together)
• inhabitant
• remain
• sojourn
• stand in awe
• (be) stranger
• surely

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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