Another major means of updating the language of the King James Bible is the removal of the “est” ending from most of 304 words that, collectively, occur 2,786 times in the King James Bible. Here is the list of those words:
abhorrest |
abodest |
acceptest |
afflictest |
anointest |
answerest |
approvest |
askest |
awakest |
badest |