Definition

a pillar-space (or colonnade), i.e. a pale (or portico)

Etymology

or (shortened) אֵלָם ; or (feminine) אֵלַמָּה ; probably from H352 (אַיִל);

Word family

• אַיִל ʼayil

How the KJV renders it

• arch

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.