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Lexicon :: Strong's H6963 - qôl

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קוֹל
Transliteration
qôl
Pronunciation
kole
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to call aloud
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1998a,2028b

Strong’s Definitions

קוֹל qôwl, kole; or קֹל qôl; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound:—+ aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 506x

The KJV translates Strong's H6963 in the following manner: voice (383x), noise (49x), sound (39x), thunder (10x), proclamation (with H5674) (4x), send out (with H5414) (2x), thunderings (2x), fame (1x), miscellaneous (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 506x
The KJV translates Strong's H6963 in the following manner: voice (383x), noise (49x), sound (39x), thunder (10x), proclamation (with H5674) (4x), send out (with H5414) (2x), thunderings (2x), fame (1x), miscellaneous (16x).
  1. voice, sound, noise

    1. voice

    2. sound (of instrument)

  2. lightness, frivolity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קוֹל qôwl, kole; or קֹל qôl; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound:—+ aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
STRONGS H6963: Abbreviations
קוֺל (sometimes, with prefix and suffix, קֹל)506 noun masculineGenesis 39:14 sound, voice; — absolute קוֺל Genesis 4:10 + (הַקֹּל Genesis 27:22; Genesis 45:16); construct קוֺל Genesis 3:8 + (וְקֹל Exodus 19:16, לְקֹל Exodus 4:8 (twice in verse)); suffix קוֺלִי 1 Samuel 26:17 +, קוֺלְךָ Judges 18:25 +, etc. (קֹלִי Genesis 22:18, קֹלֶ֑ךָ Exodus 3:18, etc.); plural (usually of thunder) קֹלֹת Exodus 9:23 + 4 times, קוֺלֹת Exodus 20:18 (Gi Exodus 20:15), קֹלוֺת 1 Samuel 2:17 + 5 times; —
1. sound: especially
a. of human voice Joshua 6:10; 2 Kings 7:10; in speech Genesis 27:22 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 1:13; 1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Samuel 26:17 (twice in verse); recognized (הִכִּיר) 1 Samuel 26:17; Jeremiah 18:3; יְפֵה ק׳ Ezekiel 33:32 pleasant of voice, compare Songs 2:14 (twice in verse); Songs 8:13; in singing Exodus 32:18; 2 Samuel 19:36; Isaiah 52:8, calling Judges 9:7, shouting Exodus 32:17; 1 Samuel 4:6 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:40; Ezra 3:13, rejoicing Jeremiah 7:34 (4 times in verse) = Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 33:11, praise Psalm 66:8; Psalm 26:7; Joel 2:10, laughter Jeremiah 30:19, weeping Genesis 21:16; Judges 2:4; 1 Samuel 11:4; Ruth 1:9, 14; Ezra 3:13, outcry Genesis 39:15, 18; 1 Samuel 4:14; Jeremiah 8:19, distress, lament Jeremiah 9:18; Ezekiel 27:30; Zechariah 11:3; Psalm 102:6, supplication Psalm 28:2; Psalm 28:6; Psalm 31:23; Psalm 86:6; adverb אֶחָד ק׳ with one voice Exodus 24:3; 2 Chronicles 5:13, גָּדוֺל ק׳ loud voice 2 Samuel 15:23 + (compare ג׳ בְּק׳ Genesis 39:14; 1 Samuel 28:12 +), רָם ק׳ Deuteronomy 27:14; נָשָׂא ק׳ Genesis 21:16 + (see נָשָׂא 1b (5)), הֵרִים ק׳ Genesis 39:15 + (see דום Hiph.); on ק׳ as independent noun, followed by subject + verb of calling Psalm 3:5; Psalm 27:7; Psalm 142:2 see Ges§ 144 m.
b. of י׳ Genesis 3:8, 10; Isaiah 6:8; Exodus 19:19; 1 Kings 19:3; Micah 6:9; Ezekiel 10:5 (compare also 2b) +; adverb גָּדוֺל ק׳ Deuteronomy 5:19; Ezekiel 9:1; דְּמָמָה דַקָּה ק׳ 1 Kings 19:12.
c. of seraph Isaiah 6:4.
d. of angel Daniel 8:16 (אָדָם ק׳ i.e. in human speech, compare Bev); דְּבָרָיו ק׳ Daniel 10:6, 9 (twice in verse).
e. of animals: bleating of sheep 1 Samuel 15:14, lowing of cattle 1 Samuel 15:14; Jeremiah 9:9, neighing of horses Jeremiah 8:16, roaring of lion Amos 3:4; Jeremiah 2:15 +, hissing of serpent Jeremiah 46:22 (in simile), singing of birds Nahum 2:8; Zephaniah 2:14; Psalm 104:12; Songs 2:12; Ecclesiastes 12:4.
f. exclamation, at beginning of clause, a sound of...! = hark! Genesis 4:10; Isaiah 13:4; Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 52:8; Jeremiah 4:15; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 50:28; Songs 2:8; Songs 5:2 (Ges§ 146 b).
2. sound:
a. of instrument, especially (הַ)שֹּׁפָר ק׳ Exodus 9:16; Exodus 20:18 (Gi Exodus 20:15) Amos 2:2; 1 Kings 1:41 +, חֲצֹצְרוֺת וגו׳ 2 Chronicles 5:13, כִּנּוֺר Ezekiel 26:13, עוּנָב Job 21:12; of פַּעֲמֹנִים on high priest's robe Exodus 28:35.
b. thunder-clap or peal (compare Dr 1 Samuel 12:17), קוֺל י׳ (or קוֺלוֺ) Amos 1:2; Isaiah 30:30, 31; Jeremiah 10:13 = Jeremiah 51:16, Joel 2:11; Joel 4:16 [Joel 3:16]; Psalm 18:14 = 2 Samuel 22:14; Psalm 29:3; Psalm 29:7; Psalm 46:7; Job 37:4 (compare 1 Samuel 7:10; Psalm 77:18; Psalm 77:19; Psalm 104:7), so especially plural absolute (see above) Exodus 9:23, 28, 29, 33, 34; Exodus 19:16; Exodus 20:18 (Gi Exodus 20:15), 1 Samuel 7:10; 1 Samuel 12:17, 18; Job 28:26 = Job 38:25.
c. קוֺל רַגְלֶיהָ 1 Kings 14:6 compare 2 Kings 6:32, and (probably) Genesis 3:8; also (הַ)צְּעָדָה ק׳ 2 Samuel 5:24 = 1 Chronicles 14:15; of runners 2 Kings 11:13; 2 Chronicles 23:12.
d. stamping of hoofs Jeremiah 47:3; Ezekiel 26:10) + chariots, etc.), compare 1 Kings 1:41.
e. of chariots Nahum 3:2; Joel 2:5; wheels Ezekiel 3:13; whip Nahum 3:2.
f. of sea, and great waters Habakkuk 3:10; Ezekiel 1:24; Ezekiel 43:2; Psalm 93:3; Psalm 93:4, compare Jeremiah 50:42 (in simile); צִנּוֺרֶיךָ ק׳ Psalm 42:8.
g. earthquake Ezekiel 37:7.
i. of a multitude 1 Samuel 4:14; Isaiah 13:4; Ezekiel 23:42.
l. flame Joel 2:5; crackling of thorns Ecclesiastes 7:6; rustling of leaves Leviticus 26:36.
3. of articulate speech, thing said:
a.
(1) often of human advice, command, entreaty Genesis 3:17; Genesis 4:23; Exodus 3:18; Exodus 4:1, 9; Deuteronomy 1:45; Deuteronomy 21:18 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 21:20; 1 Samuel 2:25; 1 Samuel 8:7, 9; 2 Samuel 12:18; דִּבְרֵיכֶם ק׳ Deuteronomy 1:34; Deuteronomy 5:25; even of written words 2 Kings 10:6; so also הָאֹת ק׳ Exodus 4:8 (twice in verse) voice (teaching) of the sign.
(2) of a report Genesis 45:16; Ecclesiastes 10:20.
(4) אָלָה ק׳ Leviticus 5:1 utterance of adjuration.
b. often (especially Deuteronomy, Jeremiah) of words of י׳ Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:5; Exodus 5:2; Exodus 15:26; Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 8:20; Deuteronomy 9:23; Deuteronomy 13:15; Deuteronomy 13:19 +, Judges 2:2, 20; Judges 6:10; 1 Samuel 12:14, 15; 1 Samuel 15:1, 19, 20, 22; Jeremiah 3:13, 25; Jeremiah 7:23 +; of מַלְאַךְ י׳ Exodus 23:21, 22. — קֹל Jeremiah 3:9 see below קלל.

קֹל noun [masculine] lightness, frivolity (so Vrss Ki Gie; Gf thinks = קָלוֺן; > = voice); — מִקֹּל זְנוּנָהּ Jeremiah 3:9. — קֹל voice, see קוֺל above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:8; 3:8; 3:8; 3:10; 3:17; 4:10; 4:10; 4:23; 21:16; 21:16; 22:18; 22:18; 26:5; 27:22; 27:22; 39:14; 39:14; 39:15; 39:15; 39:18; 45:16; 45:16

Exodus

3:18; 3:18; 4:1; 4:8; 4:8; 4:9; 5:2; 9:16; 9:23; 9:23; 9:28; 9:29; 9:33; 9:34; 15:26; 19:5; 19:16; 19:16; 19:19; 20:15; 20:15; 20:15; 20:18; 20:18; 20:18; 23:21; 23:22; 24:3; 28:35; 32:17; 32:17; 32:18; 36:6

Leviticus

5:1; 26:36

Deuteronomy

1:34; 1:45; 5:19; 5:25; 8:20; 9:23; 13:15; 21:18; 21:20; 27:14

Joshua

6:10

Judges

2:2; 2:4; 2:20; 6:10; 9:7; 18:25

Ruth

1:9; 1:14

1 Samuel

1:13; 2:17; 2:25; 4:6; 4:14; 4:14; 7:10; 7:10; 8:7; 8:9; 11:4; 12:14; 12:15; 12:17; 12:17; 12:18; 15:1; 15:14; 15:14; 15:19; 15:20; 15:22; 24:17; 26:17; 26:17; 26:17; 28:12

2 Samuel

5:24; 12:18; 15:23; 19:36; 22:14

1 Kings

1:40; 1:41; 1:41; 14:6; 19:3; 19:12

2 Kings

6:32; 7:10; 10:6; 11:13

1 Chronicles

14:15

2 Chronicles

5:13; 5:13; 23:12; 24:9; 30:5; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 3:13; 3:13; 10:7

Nehemiah

8:15

Job

21:12; 28:26; 37:4; 38:25

Psalms

3:5; 18:14; 26:7; 27:7; 28:2; 28:6; 29:3; 29:7; 31:23; 42:8; 46:7; 66:8; 77:18; 77:19; 86:6; 93:3; 93:4; 102:6; 104:7; 104:12; 142:2

Ecclesiastes

7:6; 10:20; 12:4; 12:4

Song of Songs

2:8; 2:12; 2:14; 5:2; 8:13

Isaiah

6:4; 6:8; 13:4; 13:4; 30:30; 30:31; 40:3; 52:8; 52:8

Jeremiah

2:15; 3:9; 3:9; 3:13; 3:25; 4:15; 7:23; 7:34; 8:16; 8:19; 9:9; 9:18; 10:13; 10:22; 16:9; 18:3; 25:10; 25:10; 30:19; 33:11; 46:22; 47:3; 49:21; 50:22; 50:28; 50:42; 50:46; 51:16; 51:55

Lamentations

2:7

Ezekiel

1:24; 1:24; 3:13; 3:13; 9:1; 10:5; 10:5; 23:42; 26:10; 26:13; 26:15; 27:30; 31:16; 33:32; 37:7; 43:2

Daniel

8:16; 10:6; 10:9

Joel

2:5; 2:5; 2:10; 2:11; 3:16

Amos

1:2; 2:2; 3:4

Micah

6:9

Nahum

2:8; 3:2; 3:2

Habakkuk

3:10

Zephaniah

2:14

Zechariah

11:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6963 matches the Hebrew קוֹל (qôl),
which occurs 506 times in 436 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 8 / 9 (Jer 25:10–Eze 26:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - Moreover I will take from them the voice H6963 of mirth, and the voice H6963 of gladness, the voice H6963 of the bridegroom, and the voice H6963 of the bride, the sound H6963 of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice H6963 from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - A voice H6963 of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice H6963 of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:5 - For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice H6963 of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice H6963 of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 - Thus saith the LORD; A voice H6963 was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice H6963 from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:23 - And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, H6963 neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - The voice H6963 of joy, and the voice H6963 of gladness, the voice H6963 of the bridegroom, and the voice H6963 of the bride, the voice H6963 of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:8 - Thus have we obeyed the voice H6963 of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:20 - But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice H6963 of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:3 - Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, H6963 therefore this thing is come upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:6 - Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice H6963 of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice H6963 of the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:13 - But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice H6963 of the LORD your God,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14 - Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound H6963 of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:21 - And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice H6963 of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:4 - So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice H6963 of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:7 - So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice H6963 of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:23 - Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice H6963 of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - The voice H6963 thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:3 - At the noise H6963 of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:3 - A voice H6963 of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:34 - From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, H6963 from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21 - The earth is moved at the noise H6963 of their fall, at the cry the noise H6963 thereof was heard in the Red sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:22 - A sound H6963 of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:28 - The voice H6963 of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice H6963 shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:46 - At the noise H6963 of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - When he uttereth his voice, H6963 there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:54 - A sound H6963 of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; H6963 when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice H6963 is uttered:
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:7 - The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise H6963 in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:56 - Thou hast heard my voice: H6963 hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:24 - And when they went, I heard the noise H6963 of their wings, like the noise H6963 of great waters, as the voice H6963 of the Almighty, the voice H6963 of speech, as the noise H6963 of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - And there was a voice H6963 from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice H6963 of one that spake.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:12 - Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice H6963 of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:13 - I heard also the noise H6963 of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise H6963 of the wheels over against them, and a noise H6963 of a great rushing.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, H6963 yet will I not hear them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:1 - He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, H6963 saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:5 - And the sound H6963 of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice H6963 of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, H6963 and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:7 - And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise H6963 of his roaring.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:9 - And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice H6963 should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice H6963 with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42 - And a voice H6963 of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise H6963 of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:13 - And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound H6963 of thy harps shall be no more heard.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound H6963 of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

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