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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
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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 Box Gen 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:11 - Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh's hand."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21 - He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:17 - the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:16 - the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - May the LORD rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:5 - LORD, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - For the LORD holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:13 - I will celebrate my deliverance, and call on the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 - Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 - Wake up! Wake up! Get up, O Jerusalem! You drank from the cup the LORD passed to you, which was full of his anger! You drained dry the goblet full of intoxicating wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - This is what your sovereign master, the LORD your God, says: "Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, the goblet full of my anger. You will no longer have to drink it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - No one will take any food to those who mourn for the dead to comfort them. No one will give them any wine to drink to console them for the loss of their father or mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 - So the LORD, the God of Israel, spoke to me in a vision. "Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my wrath. Take it and make the nations to whom I send you drink it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:17 - So I took the cup from the LORD's hand. I made all the nations to whom he sent me drink the wine of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the LORD who rules over all says 'You most certainly must drink it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:5 - Then I set cups and pitchers full of wine in front of the members of the Rechabite community and said to them, "Have some wine."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - For the LORD says, "If even those who did not deserve to drink from the cup of my wrath must drink from it, do you think you will go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but must certainly drink from the cup of my wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - Babylonia had been a gold cup in the LORD's hand. She had made the whole world drunk. The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. So they have all gone mad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Rejoice and be glad for now, O people of Edom, who reside in the land of Uz. But the cup of judgment will pass to you also; you will get drunk and take off your clothes. ת (Tav)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment in your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - "This is what the sovereign LORD says: "You will drink your sister's deep and wide cup; you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 - You will be overcome by drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 - But you will become drunk with shame, not majesty. Now it is your turn to drink and expose your uncircumcised foreskin! The cup of wine in the LORD's right hand is coming to you, and disgrace will replace your majestic glory!
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