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Lexicon :: Strong's H3563 - kôs

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כּוֹס
Transliteration
kôs
Pronunciation
koce
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to hold together
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TWOT Reference: 965,966

Strong’s Definitions

כּוֹס kôwç, koce; from an unused root meaning to hold together; a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye):—cup, (small) owl. Compare H3599.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H3563 in the following manner: cup (31x), owl (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H3563 in the following manner: cup (31x), owl (3x).
feminine noun

  1. cup

    masculine noun

  2. a kind of owl (an unclean bird)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כּוֹס kôwç, koce; from an unused root meaning to hold together; a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye):—cup, (small) owl. Compare H3599.
STRONGS H3563: Abbreviations
† I. כּוֺס noun feminineLamentations 4:21 cup (√ unknown; perhaps kindred with כִּיס, which see; Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כסת; Aramaic כָּס, bdb046801; Arabic bdb046802 is Aramaic loan-word according to Frä171, but see DHMVOJ i. 27) — כ׳ absolute Genesis 40:11 +; כּ֯יֹס Proverbs 23:31; construct Genesis 40:11 +; suffix כּוֺסִי Psalm 16:5; Psalm 23:5 etc.; plural absolute כֹּסוֺת Jeremiah 35:5; — cup 2 Samuel 12:3; for wine Genesis 40:11 (3 times in verse); Genesis 40:13, 21 (all E), Proverbs 23:31; Jeremiah 35:5; שְׂפַתאכּוֺס 1 Kings 7:26; 2 Chronicles 4:5; תַּנְחוּמִים כ׳ Jeremiah 16:7 the cup offered to mourners; figurative (wine-) cup of judgement of י׳, from which the nations, or Israel, must drink Jeremiah 49:12; Lamentations 4:21; Psalm 75:9; חֲמָתוֺ כ׳ Isaiah 51:17, 22; הַיַּיִן כ׳ הַחֵמָה Jeremiah 25:15, compare Jeremiah 25:17; Jeremiah 25:28; הַתַּרְעֵלָה כ׳ Isaiah 51:17, 22; כ׳ שַׁמָּה וּשְׁמָמָה Ezekiel 23:33, compare Ezekiel 23:31; Ezekiel 23:32; Ezekiel 23:33; יְמִין י׳ כ׳ Habakkuk 2:16; by bold metaphor Babylon is such a cup זָהָב כ׳ בְּיַד י׳ Jeremiah 51:7; so of wicked persons, fire, brimstone, and burning wind are מְנָתאכּוֺסָם Psalm 11:6 the portion of their cup; כ׳ in good sense, cup of blessing Psalm 23:5 (overflowing); מְנָת חֶלְקִי וְכוֺסִי י׳ Psalm 16:5; יְשׁוּעוֺת כ׳ Psalm 116:13.

† II. כּוֺס noun [masculine] a kind of owl (according to Vrss.; see Kn-Di Leviticus 11:17; word perhaps onomatopoetic) — unclean bird Leviticus 11:17; Deuteronomy 14:16, dwelling in ruins חֳרָבוֺת כִ׳ Psalm 102:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

40:11; 40:11; 40:11; 40:13; 40:21

Leviticus

11:17; 11:17

Deuteronomy

14:16

2 Samuel

12:3

1 Kings

7:26

2 Chronicles

4:5

Psalms

11:6; 16:5; 16:5; 23:5; 23:5; 75:9; 102:7; 116:13

Proverbs

23:31; 23:31

Isaiah

51:17; 51:17; 51:22; 51:22

Jeremiah

16:7; 25:15; 25:17; 25:28; 35:5; 35:5; 49:12; 51:7

Lamentations

4:21; 4:21

Ezekiel

23:31; 23:32; 23:33; 23:33

Habakkuk

2:16

H3563

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3563 matches the Hebrew כּוֹס (kôs),
which occurs 34 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:11 - I was holding Pharaoh’s wine cup in my hand, so I took a cluster of grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - Within three days Pharaoh will lift you up and restore you to your position as his chief cup-bearer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21 - He then restored the chief cup-bearer to his former position, so he could again hand Pharaoh his cup.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:17 - the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:16 - the little owl, the great owl, the barn owl,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - The walls of the Sea were about three inches[fn] thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons[fn] of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - The walls of the Sea were about three inches[fn] thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 16,500 gallons[fn] of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked,
punishing them with scorching winds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:5 - LORD, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing.
You guard all that is mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - For the LORD holds a cup in his hand
that is full of foaming wine mixed with spices.
He pours out the wine in judgment,
and all the wicked must drink it,
draining it to the dregs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am like an owl in the desert,
like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:13 - I will lift up the cup of salvation
and praise the LORD’s name for saving me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 - Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is,
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 - Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem!
You have drunk the cup of the LORD’s fury.
You have drunk the cup of terror,
tipping out its last drops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - This is what the Sovereign LORD,
your God and Defender, says:
“See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands.
You will drink no more of my fury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - No one will offer a meal to comfort those who mourn for the dead—not even at the death of a mother or father. No one will send a cup of wine to console them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 - This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup filled to the brim with my anger, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:17 - So I took the cup of anger from the LORD and made all the nations drink from it—every nation to which the LORD sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - And if they refuse to accept the cup, tell them, ‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: You have no choice but to drink from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:5 - I set cups and jugs of wine before them and invited them to have a drink,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - And this is what the LORD says: “If the innocent must suffer, how much more must you! You will not go unpunished! You must drink this cup of judgment!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - Babylon has been a gold cup in the LORD’s hands,
a cup that made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank Babylon’s wine,
and it drove them all mad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz,
O people of Edom?
But you, too, must drink from the cup of the LORD’s anger.
You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - “Yes, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror,
a cup that is large and deep.
It is filled to the brim
with scorn and derision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 - Drunkenness and anguish will fill you,
for your cup is filled to the brim with distress and desolation,
the same cup your sister Samaria drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 - But soon it will be your turn to be disgraced.
Come, drink and be exposed![fn]
Drink from the cup of the LORD’s judgment,
and all your glory will be turned to shame.
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