Definition

to nod (or express by signs) across an intervening space

Etymology

from G1223 (διά) and G3506 (νεύω);

Word family

• διά diá
• νεύω neúō

How the KJV renders it

• beckon

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.