Definition

mount of God; figuratively, the altar of burnt-offering

Etymology

from H2022 (הַר) and H410 (אֵל);

Where the KJV renders it

• altar. Compare H739 (אֲרִיאֵל)

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.

What the first audience heard

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