Definition

a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum

Etymology

or מִקְּדָשׁ; (Exodus 15:17), from H6942 (קָדַשׁ);

Where the KJV renders it

• chapel
• hallowed part
• holy place
• sanctuary

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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