Definition

properly, to run with asparkle, i.e. flow; hence (transitively), to conduct, and (by inference) to protect, sustain

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• carry
• feed
• guide
• lead (gently
• on)

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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