Definition

to hurl off, i.e. precipitate (oneself)

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and G4496 (ῥίπτω);

Word family

• ἀπό apó
• ῥίπτω rhíptō

How the KJV renders it

• cast

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.