Definition

(figuratively) to rouse (oneself) out of stupor

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G3525 (νήφω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• νήφω nḗphō

How the KJV renders it

• awake

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.