Definition

to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• (be) faint(-hearted)
• mollify
• (be
• make) soft(-er)
• be tender

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.