Definition

properly, exposed; hence, profane

Etymology

from H2490 (חָלַל);

Word family

• חָלַל châlal

How the KJV renders it

• common
• profane (place)
• unholy

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.