Definition

physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)

Etymology

a primitive root; used only as denominative from H3027 (יָד); literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand;

Word family

• יָד yâd

How the KJV renders it

• cast (out)
• (make) confess(-ion)
• praise
• shoot
• (give) thank(-ful
• -s
• -sgiving)

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.