Definition

to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• break (off)
• deliver
• redeem
• rend (in pieces)
• tear in pieces

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.