Definition

to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue

Etymology

(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• make deep
• let down
• drown
• quench
• sink

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.