Definition

to uproot

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G4492 (ῥιζόω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• ῥιζόω rhizóō

How the KJV renders it

• pluck up by the root
• root up

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.