Definition

to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• direct
• fit
• seem good (meet)
• please (will)
• be (esteem
• go) right (on)
• bring (look
• make
• take the) straight (way)
• be upright(-ly)

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.