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Lexicon :: Strong's H3541 - kô

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כֹּה
Transliteration
kô
Pronunciation
ko
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the prefix k and הוּא (H1931)
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TWOT Reference: 955

Strong’s Definitions

כֹּה kôh, ko; from the prefix k and H1931; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now:—also, here, hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), mean while, yonder.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H3541 in the following manner: thus, so...also, like, hitherto, while, on this manner.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H3541 in the following manner: thus, so...also, like, hitherto, while, on this manner.

  1. thus, here, in this manner

    1. thus, so

    2. here, here and there

    3. until now, until now...until then, meanwhile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֹּה kôh, ko; from the prefix k and H1931; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now:—also, here, hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), mean while, yonder.
STRONGS H3541: Abbreviations
כֹּה demonstrative adverb thus, here (Biblical Aramaic H3542 כָּה; Targum, Syriac Version:Jerusalem, Mandean כָּא here: in Syriac with prefixes bdb046201 hither, bdb046202 (Syriac Version:Jerusalem bdb046203) hence, bdb046204 where? compare אֵיכָה, p. 32, and Köii. 1, 252) —
1. of manner, thus (so most frequently, and usually pointing to what is to follow, while כֵּן points commonly to what has preceded), Genesis 15:5 כה יהיה זרעך thus shall thy seed be, Numbers 6:23; 1 Kings 2:30 כֹּה דִבֶּר יוֺאָב וְכֹה עָנָנִי, 1 Kings 5:25; Isaiah 24:13 (answered by בְּ, as Jeremiah 23:29); with a substantive Isaiah 20:6 הִנֵּה כֹה מַבָּטֵנוּ, Jeremiah 9:21 (si vera lectio), Jeremiah 23:29; 1 Samuel 27:11. Mostly confined to particular phrases: thus
a. with different forms of אמר, כה תאמר thus shalt thou say Exodus 3:14,15; Exodus 19:3; Exodus 20:22 etc.; especially כה אמר יי֞ thus saith (or said) י׳ Exodus 4:22; Exodus 5:1; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 7:26; Exodus 8:16 etc.; and continually in the prophets, as Isaiah 7:7; Isaiah 8:11; Isaiah 18:4 etc.; Jeremiah 2:2,5; Jeremiah 4:27; Jeremiah 6:16 etc.; also in the idiomatic formula אִם כֹּה יאֹמַר if he say (or used to say) (the words spoken following) Genesis 31:8; 1 Samuel 14:9,10; 1 Samuel 20:7; 2 Samuel 15:26.
b. with עשׂה to do thus, Exodus 5:15; Deuteronomy 7:5; pointing back, Numbers 22:30; Joshua 6:14; 1 Samuel 27:11 and elsewhere; especially in the phrase כה יעשׂה אלהים וכה יוסיף (with variations), 1 Samuel 3:17 + (see יסף), in which כֹּה points to an imprecation understood but not expressed. With בְּ prefixed 1 Kings 22:20 ויאמר זה בְּכֹה וזה אמר בְּכֹה and one spake in this wise, and another spake in that wise (|| 2 Chronicles 18:19 כָכָהכָּ֗֗֗כָה; probably rightly).
2. of place, here (rare, chiefly in E), Genesis 31:37 שִׂים כֹּה place it here before my brethren, Numbers 23:15 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 18:30; Ruth 2:8. Repeated, Exodus 2:12 וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה and he turned this way and that way; כֹּהכֹּ֗֗֗ה on this side... on that side Numbers 11:31. With עַד Genesis 22:5 and we will go עַדכֹּֿה as far as here (δεικτικῶς) i.e. yonder.
3. of time, עַד כֹּה hitherto, Exodus 7:16 (compare עַדהֵֿנָּה), Joshua 17:14; עַדכֹּֿה וְעַדכֹּֿה till now and till then, i.e. meanwhile, 1 Kings 18:45.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:5; 22:5; 31:8; 31:37

Exodus

2:12; 3:14; 3:15; 4:22; 5:1; 5:15; 7:16; 7:17; 8:16; 19:3; 20:22

Numbers

6:23; 11:31; 22:30; 23:15

Deuteronomy

7:5

Joshua

6:14; 17:14

Ruth

2:8

1 Samuel

3:17; 14:9; 14:10; 20:7; 27:11; 27:11

2 Samuel

15:26; 18:30

1 Kings

2:30; 18:45; 22:20

2 Chronicles

18:19

Isaiah

7:7; 8:11; 18:4; 20:6; 24:13

Jeremiah

2:2; 2:5; 4:27; 6:16; 9:21; 23:29; 23:29

H3541

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Strong's Number H3541 matches the Hebrew כֹּה (kô),
which occurs 18 times in 14 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9 - “May God do so H3541 to Abner, and more also H3541, if as Yahweh has sworn to David, I do not do this for him,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - Then all the people came to [fn]persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David swore an oath, saying, “May God do so H3541 to me, and more also H3541, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5 - “Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus H3541 says Yahweh, “Are you the one who would build Me a house to inhabit?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “So now, thus H3541 you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus H3541 says Yahweh of hosts, “I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger, “Thus H3541 you shall say to Joab, ‘Do not let this thing be evil in your sight, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle against the city stronger and [fn]tear it down’; and so strengthen him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:7 -

Nathan then said to David, “You are the man! Thus H3541 says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - “Thus H3541 says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives from before your sight and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:26 - “But if He should say thus H3541, ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good in His sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - And thus H3541 Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and vile fellow!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - But the king said, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, and if Yahweh has told him, ‘Curse David,’ then who shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:30 - Then the king said, “Turn aside and stand here H3541.” So he turned aside and stood still.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 -

[fn]Then the king trembled and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus H3541 he said as he walked, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13 - “And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so H3541 to me, and more also H3541, if you will not be commander of the army before me continually in place of Joab.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:12 - “Go and speak to David, ‘Thus H3541 says Yahweh, “I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, and I will do that to you.”’”
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