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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 BoxGen 45:11 - “There H8033 I will also provide H3557 for you, for there are still H5750 five H2568 years H8141 of famine H7458 to come, and you and your household H1004 and all H3605 that you have would be impoverished.”’ H3423

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - Joseph H3130 provided H3557 his father H1 and his brothers H251 and all H3605 his father’s H1 household H1004 with [fn]food, H3899 according H6310 to their little H2945 ones. H2945

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - “So H6258 therefore, do not be afraid; H3372 I will provide H3557 for you and your little H2945 ones.” H2945 So he comforted H5162 them and spoke H1696 [fn]kindly H3820 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - “May he also be to you a restorer H7725 of life H5315 and a sustainer H3557 of your old H7872 age; H7872 for your daughter-in-law, H3618 who H834 loves H157 you [fn]and is better H2896 to you than H4480 seven H7651 sons, H1121 has given H3205 birth H3205 to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32 - Now Barzillai H1271 was very H3966 old, H2204 being eighty H8084 years H8141 old; H1121 and he had [fn]sustained H3557 the king H4428 while he stayed H7871 at Mahanaim, H4266 for he was a very H3966 great H1419 man. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:33 - The king H4428 said H559 to Barzillai, H1271 “You cross H5674 over H5674 with me and I will [fn]sustain H3557 you in Jerusalem H3389 with me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 at Jerusalem, H3389 and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women, H802 the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 to keep H8104 the house, H1004 and placed H5414 them under guard H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with sustenance, H3557 but did not go H935 in to them. So they were shut H6887 up until H5704 the day H3117 of their death, H4191 living H2424 as widows. H491

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7 - Solomon H8010 had twelve H8147 H6240 deputies H5324 over H5921 all H3605 Israel, H3478 who [fn]provided H3557 for the king H4428 and his household; H1004 each H259 man had H3557 to [fn]provide H3557 for a month H2320 in the year. H8141

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 - Those H428 deputies H5324 [fn]provided H3557 for King H4428 Solomon H8010 and all H3605 who came H7131 to King H4428 Solomon’s H8010 table, H7979 each H376 in his month; H2320 they left H5737 nothing H3808 H1697 lacking. H5737

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - It was a handbreadth H2947 thick, H5672 and its brim H8193 was made H4639 like the brim H8193 of a cup, H3563 as a lily H7799 blossom; H6525 it could hold H3557 two thousand H505 baths. H1324

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 - He made H6213 ten H6235 basins H3595 of bronze, H5178 one H259 basin H3595 held H3557 forty H705 baths; H1324 each H259 basin H3595 was four H702 cubits, H520 and on each H259 of the ten H6235 stands H4350 was one H259 basin. H3595

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:27 - “But will God H430 indeed H552 dwell H3427 on the earth? H776 Behold, H2009 heaven H8064 and the [fn]highest H8064 heaven H8064 cannot H3808 contain H3557 You, how H637 much H637 H3588 less H637 this H2088 house H1004 which H834 I have built! H1129

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - On the same H1931 day H3117 the king H4428 consecrated H6942 the middle H8432 of the court H2691 that was before H6440 the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 because H3588 there H8033 he [fn]offered H6213 the burnt H5930 offering H5930 and the grain offering H4503 and the fat H2459 of the peace H8002 offerings; H8002 for the bronze H5178 altar H4196 that was before H6440 the LORD H3068 was too H4480 small H6996 to hold H3557 the burnt H5930 offering H5930 and the grain offering H4503 and the fat H2459 of the peace H8002 offerings. H8002

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:4 - “It shall be that you will drink H8354 of the brook, H5158 and I have commanded H6680 the ravens H6158 to provide H3557 for you there.” H8033

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:9 - “Arise, H6965 go H1980 to Zarephath, H6886 which H834 belongs to Sidon, H6721 and stay H3427 there; H8033 behold, H2009 I have commanded H6680 a widow H490 there H8033 to provide H3557 for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - for when Jezebel H348 [fn]destroyed H3772 the prophets H5030 of the LORD, H3068 Obadiah H5662 took H3947 a hundred H3967 prophets H5030 and hid H2244 them by fifties H2572 in a cave, H4631 and provided H3557 them with bread H3899 and water.) H4325

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - “Has it not been told H5046 to my master H113 what H834 I did H6213 when Jezebel H348 killed H2026 the prophets H5030 of the LORD, H3068 that I hid H2244 [fn]a hundred H3967 prophets H5030 of the LORD H3068 by fifties H2572 in a cave, H4631 and provided H3557 them with bread H3899 and water? H4325

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were mustered H6485 and were provisioned H3557 and went H1980 to meet H7122 them; and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 camped H2583 before H5048 them like two H8147 little H2835 flocks H2835 of goats, H5795 but the Arameans H758 filled H4390 the country. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - “But who H4310 is able H6113 H3581 to build H1129 a house H1004 for Him, for the heavens H8064 and the highest H8064 heavens H8064 cannot H3808 contain H3557 Him? So who H4310 am I, that I should build H1129 a house H1004 for Him, except H3588 H518 to [fn]burn H6999 incense before H6440 Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - It was a handbreadth H2947 thick, H5672 and its brim H8193 was made H4639 like the brim H8193 of a cup, H3563 like a lily H7799 blossom; H6525 it could hold H3557 3,000 H7969 H505 baths. H1324

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:18 - “But will God H430 indeed H552 dwell H3427 with mankind H120 on the earth? H776 Behold, H2009 heaven H8064 and the [fn]highest H8064 heaven H8064 cannot H3808 contain H3557 You; how H637 much H637 H3588 less H637 this H2088 house H1004 which H834 I have built. H1129

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 - Then Solomon H8010 consecrated H6942 the middle H8432 of the court H2691 that was before H6440 the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 for there H8033 he offered H6213 the burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and the fat H2459 of the peace H8002 offerings H8002 because H3588 the bronze H5178 altar H4196 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 was not able H3201 to contain H3557 the burnt H5930 offering, H5930 the grain offering H4503 and the fat. H2459

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 - “Indeed, forty H705 years H8141 You provided H3557 for them in the wilderness H4057 and they were not in want; H2637
Their clothes H8008 did not wear H1086 out, nor H3808 did their feet H7272 swell. H1216

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:22 - Cast H7993 [fn]your burden H3053 upon the LORD H3068 and He will sustain H3557 you;
He will never H3808 H5769 allow H5414 the righteous H6662 to [fn]be shaken. H4131

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:5 - It is well H2896 with the man H376 who is gracious H2603 and lends; H3867
He will [fn]maintain H3557 his cause H1697 in judgment. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:14 - The spirit H7307 of a man H376 can endure H3557 his sickness, H4245
But as for a broken H5218 spirit H7307 who H4310 can bear H5375 it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who H4310 has measured H4058 the [fn]waters H4325 in the hollow H8168 of His hand, H8168
And marked H8505 off H8505 the heavens H8064 by the [fn]span, H2239
And [fn]calculated H3557 the dust H6083 of the earth H776 by the measure, H7991
And weighed H8254 the mountains H2022 in a balance H6425
And the hills H1389 in a pair of scales? H3976

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - “For My people H5971 have committed H6213 two H8147 evils: H7451
They have forsaken H5800 Me,
The fountain H4726 of living H2416 waters, H4325
To hew H2672 for themselves cisterns, H877
Broken H7665 cisterns H877
That can H3201 hold H3557 no H3808 water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - But I am full H4390 of the wrath H2534 of the LORD; H3068
I am weary H3811 with holding H3557 it in.
“Pour H8210 it out on the children H5768 in the street H2351
And on the [fn]gathering H5475 of young H970 men H970 together; H3162
For both H1571 husband H376 and wife H802 shall be taken, H3920
The aged H2205 [fn]and the very H4392 H3117 old. H4392 H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:10 - But the LORD H3068 is the true H571 God; H430
He is the living H2416 God H430 and the everlasting H5769 King. H4428
At His wrath H7110 the earth H776 quakes, H7493
And the nations H1471 cannot H3808 endure H3557 His indignation. H2195

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - But if I say, H559 “I will not remember H2142 Him
Or speak H1696 anymore H5750 in His name,” H8034
Then in my heart H3820 it becomes H1961 like a burning H1197 fire H784
Shut H6113 up in my bones; H6106
And I am weary H3811 of holding H3557 it in,
And I cannot H3808 endure H3201 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068
‘You will drink H8354 your sister’s H269 cup, H3563
Which is deep H6013 and wide. H7342
[fn]You will be laughed H6712 at and held in derision; H3933
It contains H3557 much. H4767

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:11 - The LORD H3068 utters H5414 His voice H6963 before H6440 His army; H2428
Surely H3588 His camp H4264 is very H3966 great, H7227
For strong H6099 is he who carries H6213 out His word. H1697
The day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is indeed H3588 great H1419 and very H3966 awesome, H3372
And who can endure H3557 it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:10 - Then Amaziah, H558 the priest H3548 of Bethel, H1008 sent H7971 word to Jeroboam H3379 king H4428 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 “Amos H5986 has conspired H7194 against H5921 you in the midst H7130 of the house H1004 of Israel; H3478 the land H776 is unable H3808 H3201 to endure H3557 all H3605 his words. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:16 - “For behold, H2009 I am going to raise H6965 up a shepherd H7462 in the land H776 who will not care H6485 for the perishing, H3582 seek H1245 the scattered, H5289 heal H7495 the broken, H7665 or sustain H3557 the one standing, H5324 but will devour H398 the flesh H1320 of the fat H1277 sheep and tear H6561 off H6561 their hoofs. H6541

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2 - “But who H4310 can endure H3557 the day H3117 of His coming? H935 And who H4310 can stand H5975 when He appears? H7200 For He is like a refiner’s H6884 fire H784 and like [fn]fullers’ H3526 soap. H1287
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