Definition

to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish

Etymology

' a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• consume away
• be corrupt
• dissolve
• pine away

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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