Definition

a large public building, such as a palace or temple

Etymology

probably from H3201 (יָכֹל) (in the sense of capacity);

Where the KJV renders it

• palace
• temple

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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