Definition

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

Etymology

from H166 (אָהַל);

Word family

• אָהַל ʼâhal

How the KJV renders it

• covering
• (dwelling) (place)
• home
• tabernacle
• tent

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.