Definition

to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• appoint
• blaspheme
• bore
• curse
• express
• with holes
• name
• pierce
• strike through

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.