Definition

to be strong; causatively, to stregthen, i.e. (figuratively) to save (by flight)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• gather (self
• self to flee)
• retire

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.