Strong’s H1964 · Hebrew
הֵיכָל
hêykâl
hay-kawl'
Definition
a large public building, such as a palace or temple
Etymology
probably from H3201 (יָכֹל) (in the sense of capacity);
Word family
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.