Definition

properly, highly, i.e. surely; but used adversatively, however

Etymology

(Aramaic) perhaps from H7313 (רוּם) with a prepositional prefix;

Word family

• רוּם rûwm

How the KJV renders it

• but
• nevertheless
• yet

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.