Definition

keen; by analogy, rapid

Etymology

probably akin to the base of G188 (ἀκμήν) ("acid");

Word family

• ἀκμήν akmḗn

How the KJV renders it

• sharp
• swift

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.