Strong’s G568 · Greek

ἀπέχω
apéchō

Definition

(actively) to have out, i.e. receive in full; (intransitively) to keep (oneself) away, i.e. be distant (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and G2192 (ἔχω);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • be
  • have
  • receive

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.