Definition

a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling

Etymology

from H3680 (כָּסָה);

Word family

• כָּסָה kâçâh

How the KJV renders it

• covering
• raiment
• vesture

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.