Strong’s H8168 · Hebrew

שֹׁעַל
shôʻal
sho'-al

Definition

the palm; by extension, a handful

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to hollow out;

How the KJV renders it

  • handful
  • hollow of the hand

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.