Definition

properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out)

Etymology

from H5258 (נָסַךְ);

Word family

• נָסַךְ nâçak

How the KJV renders it

• covering
• molten (image)
• vail

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.