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.