Definition

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

Etymology

or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (H7 (אֲבַד))), a primitive root;

Word family

• אֲבַד ʼăbad

How the KJV renders it

• accept
• advance
• arise
• (able to
• (armor)
• suffer to) bear(-er
• up)
• bring (forth)
• burn
• carry (away)
• cast
• contain
• desire
• ease
• exact
• exalt (self)
• extol
• fetch
• forgive
• furnish
• further
• give
• go on
• help
• high
• hold up
• honorable ( man)
• lade
• lay
• lift (self) up
• lofty
• marry
• magnify
• needs
• obtain
• pardon
• raise (up)
• receive
• regard
• respect
• set (up)
• spare
• stir up
• swear
• take (away
• utterly
• wear
• yield

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.