Definition

to tumble about

Etymology

a primitive root (probably identical with H5286 (נָעַר), through the idea of the rustling of mane, which usually accompanies the lion's roar);

Word family

• נָעַר nâʻar

How the KJV renders it

• shake (off
• out
• self)
• overthrow
• toss up and down

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.