Definition

{a large public building, such as a palace or temple}

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1964 (הֵיכָל)

Word family

• הֵיכָל hêykâl

How the KJV renders it

• palace
• temple

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.