Definition

properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• break
• divide
• find ease
• be a moment
• (cause
• give
• make to) rest
• make suddenly

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.