Definition

properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• (do something) betimes
• enquire early
• rise (seek) betimes
• seek diligently) early
• in the morning)

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.