Definition

properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• chase (away)
• could not
• depart
• flee ( apace
• away)
• (re-) move
• thrust away
• wander (abroad
• -er
• -ing)

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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