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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

H3557

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor - you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you."'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father's household, according to the number of their little children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - So now, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children." Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32 - But Barzillai was very old - eighty years old, in fact - and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:33 - So the king said to Barzillai, "Cross over with me, and I will take care of you while you are with me in Jerusalem."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - Then David went to his palace in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. Though he provided for their needs, he did not have sexual relations with them. They remained in confinement until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7 - Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 - The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 - He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:27 - "God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:64

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the LORD's temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the LORD was too small to hold all these offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:4 - Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:9 - "Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - When Jezebel was killing the LORD's prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Certainly my master is aware of what I did when Jezebel was killing the LORD's prophets. I hid one hundred of the LORD's prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27 - When the Israelites had mustered and had received their supplies, they marched out to face them in battle. When the Israelites deployed opposite them, they were like two small flocks of goats, but the Syrians filled the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:18 - "God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 - Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the LORD's temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 - For forty years you sustained them. Even in the desert they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:22 - Throw your burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:5 - It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:14 - A person's spirit sustains him through sickness - but who can bear a crushed spirit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - "Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - I am as full of anger as you are, LORD, I am tired of trying to hold it in." The LORD answered, "Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:10 - The LORD is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - Sometimes I think, "I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more." But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - "This is what the sovereign LORD says: "You will drink your sister's deep and wide cup; you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:11 - The voice of the LORD thunders as he leads his army. Indeed, his warriors are innumerable; Surely his command is carried out! Yes, the day of the LORD is awesome and very terrifying - who can survive it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:10 - Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: "Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:16 - Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2 - Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like a launderer's soap.
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