Definition

a hut (as of entwined boughs); also a lair

Etymology

from H5526 (סָכַךְ);

Word family

• סָכַךְ çâkak

How the KJV renders it

• covert
• den
• pavilion
• tabernacle

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.