Definition

to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a tree

Etymology

a primitive root; also denominative from H6288 (פְּאֹרָה),

Word family

• פְּאֹרָה pᵉʼôrâh

How the KJV renders it

• beautify
• boast self
• go over the boughs
• glorify (self)
• glory
• vaunt self

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.