Definition

to foam upon, i.e. (figuratively) to exhibit (a vile passion)

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G875 (ἀφρίζω);

Word family

• ἐπί epí
• ἀφρίζω aphrízō

How the KJV renders it

• foam out

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.