Definition

to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• be carried
• cast
• be out of course
• be fallen in decay
• exceedingly
• fall(-ing down)
• be (re-) moved
• be ready
• shake
• slide
• slip

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.