Definition

an accepter of a face (individual), i.e. (specially), one exhibiting partiality

Etymology

from G4383 (πρόσωπον) and G2983 (λαμβάνω);

Word family

• πρόσωπον prósōpon
• λαμβάνω lambánō

How the KJV renders it

• respecter of persons

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.