Strong’s H5948 · Hebrew
עֲלִיל
ʻălîyl
al-eel'
Definition
probably a crucible (as working over the metal)
Etymology
from H5953 (עָלַל) in the sense of completing;
Word family
How the KJV renders it
- furnace
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.