Definition

the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to be brilliant;

How the KJV renders it

• east side(-ward)
• sun (rising)
• west(-ward)
• window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ)

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.