Definition

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• abundantly
• bring down
• carry down
• cast down
• (cause to) come(-ing) down
• fall (down)
• get down
• go(-ing) down(-ward)
• hang down
• indeed
• let down
• light (down)
• put down (off)
• (cause to
• let) run down
• sink
• subdue
• take down

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.