Definition

to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive); by implication, to favor or honour, be high or proud

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• countenance
• crooked place
• glorious
• honour
• put forth

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.