Definition

to throw off; figuratively, to lose

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and G906 (βάλλω);

Word family

• ἀπό apó
• βάλλω bállō

How the KJV renders it

• cast away

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.