Definition

to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• avenge
• that condemn
• contend
• defend
• execute (judgment)
• (be a) judge(-ment)
• needs
• plead
• reason
• rule

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.