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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:11 -

“Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 -

“In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21 -

Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position as cupbearer, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:17 -

“little[fn] owls, cormorants,[fn]

long-eared owls,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:16 -

“little owls, long-eared owls,

barn owls,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 -

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised her, and she grew up with him and with his children. From his meager food she would eat, from his cup she would drink, and in his arms she would sleep. She was like a daughter to him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 -

The basin was three inches[fn] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom. It held eleven thousand gallons.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 -

The basin was three inches[fn] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold eleven thousand gallons.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 -

Let him rain burning coals[fn] and sulfur on the wicked;

let a scorching wind be the portion in their cup.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:5 -

LORD, you are my portion[fn]

and my cup of blessing;

you hold my future.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 -

You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 -

For there is a cup in the LORD’s hand,

full of wine blended with spices, and he pours from it.

All the wicked of the earth will drink,

draining it to the dregs.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 -

I am like an eagle owl,

like a little owl among the ruins.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:13 -

I will take the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 -

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,

because it gleams in the cup

and goes down smoothly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 -

Wake yourself, wake yourself up!

Stand up, Jerusalem,

you who have drunk the cup of his fury

from the LORD’s hand;

you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs —

the cup that causes people to stagger.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 -

This is what your Lord says —

the LORD, even your God,

who defends his people —

“Look, I have removed from your hand

the cup that causes staggering;

that goblet, the cup of my fury.

You will never drink it again.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 -

“Food won’t be provided for the mourner to comfort him because of the dead. A consoling drink won’t be given him for the loss of his father or mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 -

This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:17 -

So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink from it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 -

“If[fn] they refuse to accept the cup from your hand and drink, you are to say to them, ‘This is what the LORD of Armies says: You must drink!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:5 -

I set jars filled with wine and some cups before the sons of the house of the Rechabites and said to them, “Drink wine! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 -

For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not remain unpunished, for you must drink it too.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 -

Babylon was a gold cup in the LORD’s hand,

making the whole earth drunk.

The nations drank her wine;

therefore, the nations go mad.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 -

So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,

you resident of the land of Uz!

Yet the cup will pass to you as well;

you will get drunk and expose yourself.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 -

“You have followed the path of your sister, so I will put her cup in your hand.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 -

This is what the Lord GOD says:

“You will drink your sister’s cup,

which is deep and wide.

You will be an object of[fn] ridicule and scorn,

for it holds so much.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 -

“You will be filled with drunkenness and grief,

with a cup of devastation and desolation,

the cup of your sister Samaria.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 -

You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory.

You also ​— ​drink,

and expose your uncircumcision![fn]

The cup in the LORD’s right hand

will come around to you,

and utter disgrace will cover your glory.

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