Definition

to wag (as a dog its tail fawningly), i.e. (generally) to shake (figuratively, disturb)

Etymology

akin to G4579 (σείω);

Word family

• σείω seíō

How the KJV renders it

• move

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.