Definition

to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• come (betwixt)
• cause to entreat
• fall (upon)
• make intercession
• intercessor
• intreat
• lay
• light (upon)
• meet (together)
• pray
• reach
• run

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.