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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 Box2Sa 19:33 - dixit itaque rex ad Berzellai veni mecum ut requiescas secure mecum in Hierusalem

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:5 - [Vulgate 111:5] teth bonus vir clemens et fenerans ioth dispensabit verba sua in iudicio

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:10 - et misit Amasias sacerdos Bethel ad Hieroboam regem Israhel dicens rebellavit contra te Amos in medio domus Israhel non poterit terra sustinere universos sermones eius

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