Definition

actively, to tear out; middle voice, to select; figuratively, to release

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G138 (αἱρέομαι);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• αἱρέομαι hairéomai

How the KJV renders it

• deliver
• pluck out
• rescue

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.