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.