Definition

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• be able
• befall
• being
• catch
• certainly
• (cause to) come (on
• to
• to hand)
• deliver
• be enough (cause to) find(-ing
• occasion
• out)
• get (hold upon)
• have (here)
• be here
• hit
• be left
• light (up-) on
• meet (with)
• occasion serve
• (be) present
• ready
• speed
• suffice
• take hold on

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

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.