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Lexicon :: Strong's H3563 - kôs

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כּוֹס
Transliteration
kôs
Pronunciation
koce
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to hold together
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 965,966

Strong’s Definitions

כּוֹס kôwç, koce; from an unused root meaning to hold together; a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye):—cup, (small) owl. Compare H3599.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H3563 in the following manner: cup (31x), owl (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H3563 in the following manner: cup (31x), owl (3x).
feminine noun

  1. cup

    masculine noun

  2. a kind of owl (an unclean bird)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כּוֹס kôwç, koce; from an unused root meaning to hold together; a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye):—cup, (small) owl. Compare H3599.
STRONGS H3563: Abbreviations
† I. כּוֺס noun feminineLamentations 4:21 cup (√ unknown; perhaps kindred with כִּיס, which see; Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כסת; Aramaic כָּס, bdb046801; Arabic bdb046802 is Aramaic loan-word according to Frä171, but see DHMVOJ i. 27) — כ׳ absolute Genesis 40:11 +; כּ֯יֹס Proverbs 23:31; construct Genesis 40:11 +; suffix כּוֺסִי Psalm 16:5; Psalm 23:5 etc.; plural absolute כֹּסוֺת Jeremiah 35:5; — cup 2 Samuel 12:3; for wine Genesis 40:11 (3 times in verse); Genesis 40:13, 21 (all E), Proverbs 23:31; Jeremiah 35:5; שְׂפַתאכּוֺס 1 Kings 7:26; 2 Chronicles 4:5; תַּנְחוּמִים כ׳ Jeremiah 16:7 the cup offered to mourners; figurative (wine-) cup of judgement of י׳, from which the nations, or Israel, must drink Jeremiah 49:12; Lamentations 4:21; Psalm 75:9; חֲמָתוֺ כ׳ Isaiah 51:17, 22; הַיַּיִן כ׳ הַחֵמָה Jeremiah 25:15, compare Jeremiah 25:17; Jeremiah 25:28; הַתַּרְעֵלָה כ׳ Isaiah 51:17, 22; כ׳ שַׁמָּה וּשְׁמָמָה Ezekiel 23:33, compare Ezekiel 23:31; Ezekiel 23:32; Ezekiel 23:33; יְמִין י׳ כ׳ Habakkuk 2:16; by bold metaphor Babylon is such a cup זָהָב כ׳ בְּיַד י׳ Jeremiah 51:7; so of wicked persons, fire, brimstone, and burning wind are מְנָתאכּוֺסָם Psalm 11:6 the portion of their cup; כ׳ in good sense, cup of blessing Psalm 23:5 (overflowing); מְנָת חֶלְקִי וְכוֺסִי י׳ Psalm 16:5; יְשׁוּעוֺת כ׳ Psalm 116:13.

† II. כּוֺס noun [masculine] a kind of owl (according to Vrss.; see Kn-Di Leviticus 11:17; word perhaps onomatopoetic) — unclean bird Leviticus 11:17; Deuteronomy 14:16, dwelling in ruins חֳרָבוֺת כִ׳ Psalm 102:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

40:11; 40:11; 40:11; 40:13; 40:21

Leviticus

11:17; 11:17

Deuteronomy

14:16

2 Samuel

12:3

1 Kings

7:26

2 Chronicles

4:5

Psalms

11:6; 16:5; 16:5; 23:5; 23:5; 75:9; 102:7; 116:13

Proverbs

23:31; 23:31

Isaiah

51:17; 51:17; 51:22; 51:22

Jeremiah

16:7; 25:15; 25:17; 25:28; 35:5; 35:5; 49:12; 51:7

Lamentations

4:21; 4:21

Ezekiel

23:31; 23:32; 23:33; 23:33

Habakkuk

2:16

H3563

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Strong's Number H3563 matches the Hebrew כּוֹס (kôs),
which occurs 34 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:11 - And the cup of Pharao was in my hand; and I took the bunch of grapes, and squeezed it into the cup, and gave the cup into Pharao's hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - Yet three days and Pharao shall remember thy office, and he shall restore thee to thy place of chief cupbearer, and thou shalt give the cup of Pharao into his hand, according to thy former high place, as thou wast wont to be cupbearer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21 - And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao's hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:17 - and the night-raven and the cormorant and the stork,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:16 - and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; and it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - (LXX 7:12) and its rim was as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and the thickness of it was a span.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim as the brim of a cup, graven with flowers of lilies, holding three thousand measures: and he finished it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - (LXX 10:6) He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast shall be the portion of their cup.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:5 - (LXX 15:5) The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - (LXX 22:5) Thou hast prepared a table before me in presence of them that afflict me: thou hast thoroughly anointed my head with oil; and thy cup cheers me like the best wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - (LXX 74:9) For there is a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has [fn]turned it from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - (LXX 101:7) I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:13 - (LXX 115:4) I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 - For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 - Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury: for thou hast drunk out and drained the cup of calamity, the cup of wrath:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - thus saith the Lord God that judges his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of calamity, the cup of my wrath; and thou shalt not drink it any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - and there shall be no bread broken in mourning for them for consolation over the dead: they shall not give one to drink a cup for consolation over his father or his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 - (LXX 32:15) Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Take the cup of this unmixed wine from mine hand, and thou shalt cause all the nations to drink, to whom I send thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:17 - (LXX 32:17) So I took the cup out of the Lord's hand, and caused the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - (LXX 32:28) And it shall come to pass, when they refuse to take the cup out of thine hand, to drink it, that thou shalt say, Thus said the Lord; Ye shall surely drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:5 - (LXX 42:5) And I set before them a jar of wine, and cups, and I said, Drink ye wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - (LXX 30:6) For thus saith the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup have drunk it; and thou shalt by no means be cleared:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - (LXX 28:7) Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, causing all the earth to be drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore they were shaken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Chsen. Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Idumea, that dwellest in the land: yet the cup of the Lord shall pass through to thee: thou shalt be drunken, and pour forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - Thou didst walk in the way of thy sister; and I will put her cup into thine hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - Thus saith the Lord; Drink thy sister's cup, deep and large, and full, to cause complete drunkenness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 - And thou shalt be thoroughly weakened; and the cup of destruction, the cup of thy sister Samaria,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 - Drink thou also thy fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon thee, and dishonour has gathered upon thy glory.
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