Definition

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• appoint
• (for-) bid
• (give a) charge
• (give a
• give in
• send with) command(-er
• -ment)
• send a messenger
• put
• (set) in order

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.