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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 32 times in 23 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23 - Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, “May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - So Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said to him, “Thus says the king, ‘Come out!’ ” And he said, “No, but I will die here.” And Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty[fn] kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31 - And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s waist!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:24 - ‘Thus says the LORD: “You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me.” ’ ” Therefore they obeyed the word of the LORD, and turned back, according to the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be burned on you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7 - “Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: “Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - “For thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the LORD sends rain on the earth.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:2 - Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:2 - Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, “Thus says Ben-Hadad:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:5 - Then the messengers came back and said, “Thus speaks Ben-Hadad, saying, ‘Indeed I have sent to you, saying, “You shall deliver to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children”;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - Then Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust is left of Samaria for a handful for each of the people who follow me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:13 - Suddenly a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel, saying, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today, and you shall know that I am the LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - So Ahab said, “By whom?” And he said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘By the young leaders of the provinces.’ ” Then he said, “Who will set the battle in order?” And he answered, “You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:28 - Then a man of God came and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The LORD is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys,” therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:42 - Then he said to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Because you have let slip out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - “You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:11 - Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made horns of iron for himself; and he said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘With these you shall gore the Syrians until they are destroyed.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20 - “And the LORD said, ‘Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - “and say, ‘Thus says the king: “Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I come in peace.” ’ ”
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