Definition

properly, to be at home, i.e. (by implication) to be pleasant (or suitable), i.e. beautiful

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• be beautiful
• become
• be comely

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.