Definition

properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• deliver (self)
• escape
• lay
• leap out
• let alone
• let go
• preserve
• save
• speedily
• 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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