Definition

absent, i.e. deceased (figuratively, renounced)

Etymology

past participle of a compound of G575 (ἀπό) and G1096 (γίνομαι);

Word family

• ἀπό apó
• γίνομαι gínomai

How the KJV renders it

• being dead

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.