Definition

properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

Etymology

from the prefix k and H1931 (הוּא);

Where the KJV renders it

• also
• here
• + hitherto
• like
• on the other side
• so (and much)
• such
• on that manner
• (on) this (manner
• side
• way
• way and that way)
• + mean while
• yonder

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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