Definition

downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes

Etymology

from H5786 (עָוַר) with directive enclitic appended;

Where the KJV renders it

• beneath
• down(-ward)
• less
• very low
• under(-neath)

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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