Definition

to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• cover (over)
• fail
• faint
• feebler
• hide self
• be overwhelmed
• swoon

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.