Definition

a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar

Etymology

probably by reduplication from H1342 (גָּאָה);

Word family

• גָּאָה gâʼâh

How the KJV renders it

• roof (of the house)
• (house) top (of the house)

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.