Definition

to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• circumcise(-ing)
• selves)
• cut down (in pieces)
• destroy
• must needs

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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