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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 Box Gen 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:11 - and Pharaoh's cup is in my hand, and I take the grapes and press them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I give the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head, and hath put thee back on thy station, and thou hast given the cup of Pharaoh into his hand, according to the former custom when thou wast his butler.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21 - and he putteth back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he giveth the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:16 - the little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - And its thickness is an handbreadth, and its edge as the work of the edge of a cup, flowers of lilies; two thousand baths it containeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - And its thickness is a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold -- baths three thousand it containeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:5 - Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - For a cup is in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:13 - The cup of salvation I lift up, And in the name of Jehovah I call.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 - See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 - Stir thyself, stir thyself, rise, Jerusalem, Who hast drunk from the hand of Jehovah The cup of His fury, The goblet, the cup of trembling, thou hast drunk, Thou hast wrung out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - Thus said thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God, He pleadeth for his people: 'Lo, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, The goblet, the cup of My fury, Thou dost not add to drink it any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 - 'For thus said Jehovah God of Israel unto me, Take the wine cup of this fury out of My hand, and thou hast caused all the nations to drink it unto whom I am sending thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:17 - 'And I take the cup out of the hand of Jehovah, and cause all the nations to drink unto whom Jehovah sent me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - And it hath come to pass, When they refuse to receive the cup out of thy hand to drink, That thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Ye do certainly drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:5 - and I put before the sons of the house of the Rechabites goblets full of wine, and cups, and I say unto them, Drink ye wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - For thus said Jehovah: They whose judgment is not to drink of the cup, Do certainly drink, And thou art he that is entirely acquitted! Thou art not acquitted, for thou certainly drinkest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - A golden cup is Babylon in the hand of Jehovah, Making drunk all the earth, Of its wine drunk have nations, Therefore boast themselves do nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Joy and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, Dwelling in the land of Uz, Even unto thee pass over doth a cup, Thou art drunk, and makest thyself naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - In the way of thy sister thou hast walked, And I have given her cup into thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The cup of thy sister thou dost drink, The deep and the wide one, (Thou art for laughter and for scorn,) Abundant to contain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 - With drunkenness and sorrow thou art filled, A cup of astonishment and desolation, The cup of thy sister Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 - Thou hast been filled -- shame without honour, Drink thou also, and be uncircumcised, Turn round unto thee doth the cup of the right hand of Jehovah, And shameful spewing is on thine honour.
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