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Lexicon :: Strong's H3557 - kûl

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כּוּל
Transliteration
kûl
Pronunciation
kool
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 962

Strong’s Definitions

כּוּל kûwl, kool; a primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses):—(be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H3557 in the following manner: contain (6x), feed (6x), sustain (4x), abide (3x), nourish (3x), hold (2x), receive (2x), victual (2x), bear (1x), comprehended (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H3557 in the following manner: contain (6x), feed (6x), sustain (4x), abide (3x), nourish (3x), hold (2x), receive (2x), victual (2x), bear (1x), comprehended (1x), miscellaneous (7x).
  1. to seize, contain, measure

    1. (Qal) to measure, calculate

    2. (Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain

      1. to sustain, support, nourish

      2. to contain, hold in, restrain

      3. to support, endure

    3. (Polpal) to be supplied

    4. (Hilpil) to contain, hold, hold in, endure

      1. to contain

      2. to sustain, endure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כּוּל kûwl, kool; a primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses):—(be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
STRONGS H3557: Abbreviations
† [כּוּל] verb comprehend, contain (Late Hebrew, Aramaic id., measure, measure out, of dry or liquid measure; Syriac Aph`el bdb046501 id.; Arabic bdb046502 measure grain) —
Qal Perfect only Isaiah 40:12 בְּשָׁלִש כָּל ֗֗֗ מִי הָאָרֶץ עֲפַר who hath comprehended the dust of the earth in a shalish-measure?
Pilp. Perfect כִּלְכֵּל 2 Samuel 19:33; suffix כִּלְכְּלָם 1 Kings 18:4; 2nd person masculine singular suffix כִּלְכַּלְתָּם Nehemiah 9:21, etc.; Imperfect יְכַלְכֵּל Zechariah 11:16 +, etc.; Infinitive construct כַּלְכֵּל Jeremiah 20:9 +, etc.; Participle מְכַלְכֵּל Malachi 3:2; — sustain, maintain, contain:
1. sustain, support, nourish, followed by accusative of person Genesis 45:11; Genesis 50:21 (both E), 2 Samuel 19:33; 2 Samuel 19:34; 2 Samuel 20:3; 1 Kings 4:7a (1 Kings 4:7b absolute), 1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings 17:4, 9; Nehemiah 9:21; Ruth 4:15; Psalm 55:23; Zechariah 11:16 (of sheep); followed by accusative of person + of thing (food) Genesis 47:12 (J), 1 Kings 18:4, 13.
2. contain, followed by accusative of person 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:5; 2 Chronicles 6:18 (heavens cannot contain י׳); hold in, restrain Yahweh's word within one, Jeremiah 20:9.
3. support, endure, sickness רוּחַ אִישׁ מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ יְכַל׳ Proverbs 18:14; Malachi 3:2 (object אֶתיֿוֺם בּוֺאוֺ); of sustaining a cause, in court, בְּמִשְׁפָּט דְּבָרָיו יְכַל׳ Psalm 112:5.
Polpal Perfect 3rd person plural כָּלְכְּלוּ were supplied with food 1 Kings 20:27 (Klo proposes בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ).
Hiph. Imperfect יָכִיל 1 Kings 7:26 + 2 times etc.; Infinitive construct הָכִיל Jeremiah 6:11 + 5 times; — contain, hold, hold in, endure;
1.. contain, followed by accusative (of liquid) 1 Kings 7:26, 38; 2 Chronicles 4:5; in figure Jeremiah 2:13, absolute Ezekiel 23:32; (of burnt-offering) 1 Kings 8:64; 2 Chronicles 7:7; hold in (wrath of י׳, object not expressed, subject Jeremiah) Jeremiah 6:11 (opposed to שָׁפַךְ).
2. sustain, endure, followed by accusative Amos 7:10; Jeremiah 10:10; Joel 2:11.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

45:11; 47:12; 50:21

Ruth

4:15

2 Samuel

19:33; 19:33; 19:34; 20:3

1 Kings

4:7; 4:7; 5:7; 7:26; 7:26; 7:38; 8:27; 8:64; 17:4; 17:9; 18:4; 18:4; 18:13; 20:27

2 Chronicles

2:5; 4:5; 6:18; 7:7

Nehemiah

9:21; 9:21

Psalms

55:23; 112:5

Proverbs

18:14

Isaiah

40:12

Jeremiah

2:13; 6:11; 6:11; 10:10; 20:9; 20:9

Ezekiel

23:32

Joel

2:11

Amos

7:10

Zechariah

11:16; 11:16

Malachi

3:2; 3:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3557 matches the Hebrew כּוּל (kûl),
which occurs 37 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 -

“There I will sustain you, for there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you, your household, and everything you have will become destitute.” ’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 -

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s family with food for their dependents.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 -

“Therefore don’t be afraid. I will take care of you and your children.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 -

“He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. Indeed, your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32 -

Barzillai was a very old man ​— ​eighty years old ​— ​and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the needs of the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:33 -

The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I’ll provide for you[fn] at my side in Jerusalem.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 -

When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and placed them under guard. He provided for them, but he was not intimate with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7 -

Solomon had twelve deputies for all Israel. They provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month out of the year.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 -

Each of those deputies for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon’s table. They neglected nothing.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 -

The basin was three inches[fn] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom. It held eleven thousand gallons.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 -

Then he made ten bronze basins ​— ​each basin held 220 gallons[fn] and each was six feet wide ​— ​one basin for each of the ten water carts.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:27 -

But will God indeed live on earth?

Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you,

much less this temple I have built.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 -

On the same day, the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that was in front of the LORD’s temple because that was where he offered the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to accommodate the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:4 -

“You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:9 -

“Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 -

and took a hundred prophets and hid them, fifty men to a cave, and provided them with food and water when Jezebel slaughtered the LORD’s prophets.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 -

Wasn’t it reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the LORD’s prophets? I hid a hundred of the prophets of the LORD, fifty men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27 -

The Israelites mobilized, gathered supplies, and went to fight them. The Israelites camped in front of them like two little flocks of goats, while the Arameans filled the landscape.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 -

But who is able to build a temple for him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain him? Who am I then that I should build a temple for him except as a place to burn incense before him?

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 -

The basin was three inches[fn] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold eleven thousand gallons.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:18 -

But will God indeed live on earth with humans?

Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you,

much less this temple I have built.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 -

Since the bronze altar that Solomon had made could not accommodate the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, Solomon first consecrated the middle of the courtyard that was in front of the LORD’s temple and then offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings there.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 -

You provided for them in the wilderness forty years,

and they lacked nothing.

Their clothes did not wear out,

and their feet did not swell.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:22 -

Cast your burden on the LORD,

and he will sustain you;

he will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:5 -

Good will come to the one who lends generously

and conducts his business fairly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:14 -

A person’s spirit can endure sickness,

but who can survive a broken spirit?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 -

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand

or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?

Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure

or weighed the mountains on a balance

and the hills on the scales?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 -

For my people have committed a double evil:

They have abandoned me,

the fountain of living water,

and dug cisterns for themselves ​— ​

cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 -

But I am full of the LORD’s wrath;

I am tired of holding it back.

Pour it out on the children in the street,

on the gathering of young men as well.

For both husband and wife will be captured,

the old with the very old.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:10 -

But the LORD is the true God;

he is the living God and eternal King.

The earth quakes at his wrath,

and the nations cannot endure his fury.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 -

I say, “I won’t mention him

or speak any longer in his name.”

But his message becomes a fire burning in my heart,

shut up in my bones.

I become tired of holding it in,

and I cannot prevail.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 -

This is what the Lord GOD says:

“You will drink your sister’s cup,

which is deep and wide.

You will be an object of[fn] ridicule and scorn,

for it holds so much.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:11 -

The LORD makes his voice heard

in the presence of his army.

His camp is very large;

those who carry out his command are powerful.

Indeed, the day of the LORD is terrible and dreadful —

who can endure it?

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:10 -

Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:16 -

“I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are perishing, and he will not seek the lost[fn] or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy,[fn] but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2 -

But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s bleach.[fn]

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