Strong’s G1632 · Greek

ἐκχέω
ekchéō

Definition

to pour forth; figuratively, to bestow

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and (to pour);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • gush (pour) out
  • run greedily (out)
  • shed (abroad
  • forth)
  • spill

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.