Strong’s H4247 · Hebrew

מְחִלָּה
mᵉchillâh
mekh-il-law'

Definition

a cavern (as if excavated)

Etymology

from H2490 (חָלַל);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • cave

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.