Definition

to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• befall
• (by) chance
• (cause to) come (upon)
• fall out
• happen
• meet

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.