Definition

to bedust, i.e. grapple

Etymology

a primitive root, probably to float away (as vapor), but used only as denominative from H80 (אָבָק);

Word family

• אָבָק ʼâbâq

How the KJV renders it

• wrestle

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.