Strong’s H8168 · Hebrew
שֹׁעַל
shôʻal
sho'-al
Definition
the palm; by extension, a handful
Etymology
from an unused root meaning to hollow out;
How the KJV renders it
- handful
- hollow of the hand
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.