Definition

properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• avail
• behave
• bring forth
• compare
• countervail
• (be
• make) equal
• lay
• be (make
• a-) like
• make plain
• profit
• reckon

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.