Definition

to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• (cause to
• let
• make to) cease
• celebrate
• cause (make) to fail
• keep (sabbath)
• suffer to be lacking
• leave
• put away (down)
• (make to) rest
• rid
• still
• take away

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.