Definition

to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• beguile
• betray
• (bow-) man
• carry
• deceive
• throw

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.