Definition

(adverbially) most (in the greatest degree) or particularly

Etymology

neuter plural of the superlative of an apparently primary adverb (very);

How the KJV renders it

• chiefly
• most of all
• (e-)specially

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.