Definition

relaxation or (figuratively) relief

Etymology

from G447 (ἀνίημι);

Word family

• ἀνίημι aníēmi

How the KJV renders it

• eased
• liberty
• rest

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek 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.