Definition

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• break of day
• glorious
• kindle
• (be
• en-
• give
• show) light (-en
• -ened)
• set on fire
• shine

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.