Definition

to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• dig down
• hough
• pluck up
• root up

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.