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Lexicon :: Strong's H6963 - qôl

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קוֹל
Transliteration
qôl
Pronunciation
kole
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to call aloud
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1998a,2028b

Strong’s Definitions

קוֹל qôwl, kole; or קֹל qôl; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound:—+ aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 506x

The KJV translates Strong's H6963 in the following manner: voice (383x), noise (49x), sound (39x), thunder (10x), proclamation (with H5674) (4x), send out (with H5414) (2x), thunderings (2x), fame (1x), miscellaneous (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 506x
The KJV translates Strong's H6963 in the following manner: voice (383x), noise (49x), sound (39x), thunder (10x), proclamation (with H5674) (4x), send out (with H5414) (2x), thunderings (2x), fame (1x), miscellaneous (16x).

  1. voice, sound, noise

    1. voice

    2. sound (of instrument)

  2. lightness, frivolity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קוֹל qôwl, kole; or קֹל qôl; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound:—+ aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
STRONGS H6963: Abbreviations
קוֺל (sometimes, with prefix and suffix, קֹל)506 noun masculineGenesis 39:14 sound, voice; — absolute קוֺל Genesis 4:10 + (הַקֹּל Genesis 27:22; Genesis 45:16); construct קוֺל Genesis 3:8 + (וְקֹל Exodus 19:16, לְקֹל Exodus 4:8 (twice in verse)); suffix קוֺלִי 1 Samuel 26:17 +, קוֺלְךָ Judges 18:25 +, etc. (קֹלִי Genesis 22:18, קֹלֶ֑ךָ Exodus 3:18, etc.); plural (usually of thunder) קֹלֹת Exodus 9:23 + 4 times, קוֺלֹת Exodus 20:18 (Gi Exodus 20:15), קֹלוֺת 1 Samuel 2:17 + 5 times; —
1. sound: especially
a. of human voice Joshua 6:10; 2 Kings 7:10; in speech Genesis 27:22 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 1:13; 1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Samuel 26:17 (twice in verse); recognized (הִכִּיר) 1 Samuel 26:17; Jeremiah 18:3; יְפֵה ק׳ Ezekiel 33:32 pleasant of voice, compare Songs 2:14 (twice in verse); Songs 8:13; in singing Exodus 32:18; 2 Samuel 19:36; Isaiah 52:8, calling Judges 9:7, shouting Exodus 32:17; 1 Samuel 4:6 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:40; Ezra 3:13, rejoicing Jeremiah 7:34 (4 times in verse) = Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 33:11, praise Psalm 66:8; Psalm 26:7; Joel 2:10, laughter Jeremiah 30:19, weeping Genesis 21:16; Judges 2:4; 1 Samuel 11:4; Ruth 1:9, 14; Ezra 3:13, outcry Genesis 39:15, 18; 1 Samuel 4:14; Jeremiah 8:19, distress, lament Jeremiah 9:18; Ezekiel 27:30; Zechariah 11:3; Psalm 102:6, supplication Psalm 28:2; Psalm 28:6; Psalm 31:23; Psalm 86:6; adverb אֶחָד ק׳ with one voice Exodus 24:3; 2 Chronicles 5:13, גָּדוֺל ק׳ loud voice 2 Samuel 15:23 + (compare ג׳ בְּק׳ Genesis 39:14; 1 Samuel 28:12 +), רָם ק׳ Deuteronomy 27:14; נָשָׂא ק׳ Genesis 21:16 + (see נָשָׂא 1b (5)), הֵרִים ק׳ Genesis 39:15 + (see דום Hiph.); on ק׳ as independent noun, followed by subject + verb of calling Psalm 3:5; Psalm 27:7; Psalm 142:2 see Ges§ 144 m.
b. of י׳ Genesis 3:8, 10; Isaiah 6:8; Exodus 19:19; 1 Kings 19:3; Micah 6:9; Ezekiel 10:5 (compare also 2b) +; adverb גָּדוֺל ק׳ Deuteronomy 5:19; Ezekiel 9:1; דְּמָמָה דַקָּה ק׳ 1 Kings 19:12.
c. of seraph Isaiah 6:4.
d. of angel Daniel 8:16 (אָדָם ק׳ i.e. in human speech, compare Bev); דְּבָרָיו ק׳ Daniel 10:6, 9 (twice in verse).
e. of animals: bleating of sheep 1 Samuel 15:14, lowing of cattle 1 Samuel 15:14; Jeremiah 9:9, neighing of horses Jeremiah 8:16, roaring of lion Amos 3:4; Jeremiah 2:15 +, hissing of serpent Jeremiah 46:22 (in simile), singing of birds Nahum 2:8; Zephaniah 2:14; Psalm 104:12; Songs 2:12; Ecclesiastes 12:4.
f. exclamation, at beginning of clause, a sound of...! = hark! Genesis 4:10; Isaiah 13:4; Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 52:8; Jeremiah 4:15; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 50:28; Songs 2:8; Songs 5:2 (Ges§ 146 b).
2. sound:
a. of instrument, especially (הַ)שֹּׁפָר ק׳ Exodus 9:16; Exodus 20:18 (Gi Exodus 20:15) Amos 2:2; 1 Kings 1:41 +, חֲצֹצְרוֺת וגו׳ 2 Chronicles 5:13, כִּנּוֺר Ezekiel 26:13, עוּנָב Job 21:12; of פַּעֲמֹנִים on high priest's robe Exodus 28:35.
b. thunder-clap or peal (compare Dr 1 Samuel 12:17), קוֺל י׳ (or קוֺלוֺ) Amos 1:2; Isaiah 30:30, 31; Jeremiah 10:13 = Jeremiah 51:16, Joel 2:11; Joel 4:16 [Joel 3:16]; Psalm 18:14 = 2 Samuel 22:14; Psalm 29:3; Psalm 29:7; Psalm 46:7; Job 37:4 (compare 1 Samuel 7:10; Psalm 77:18; Psalm 77:19; Psalm 104:7), so especially plural absolute (see above) Exodus 9:23, 28, 29, 33, 34; Exodus 19:16; Exodus 20:18 (Gi Exodus 20:15), 1 Samuel 7:10; 1 Samuel 12:17, 18; Job 28:26 = Job 38:25.
c. קוֺל רַגְלֶיהָ 1 Kings 14:6 compare 2 Kings 6:32, and (probably) Genesis 3:8; also (הַ)צְּעָדָה ק׳ 2 Samuel 5:24 = 1 Chronicles 14:15; of runners 2 Kings 11:13; 2 Chronicles 23:12.
d. stamping of hoofs Jeremiah 47:3; Ezekiel 26:10) + chariots, etc.), compare 1 Kings 1:41.
e. of chariots Nahum 3:2; Joel 2:5; wheels Ezekiel 3:13; whip Nahum 3:2.
f. of sea, and great waters Habakkuk 3:10; Ezekiel 1:24; Ezekiel 43:2; Psalm 93:3; Psalm 93:4, compare Jeremiah 50:42 (in simile); צִנּוֺרֶיךָ ק׳ Psalm 42:8.
g. earthquake Ezekiel 37:7.
h. a fall Jeremiah 49:21; Ezekiel 26:15; Ezekiel 31:16.
i. of a multitude 1 Samuel 4:14; Isaiah 13:4; Ezekiel 23:42.
j. din of war Exodus 32:17; Jeremiah 50:22, 46; Jeremiah 51:55; Lamentations 2:7.
k. of wings Ezekiel 1:24; Ezekiel 3:13; Ezekiel 10:5.
l. flame Joel 2:5; crackling of thorns Ecclesiastes 7:6; rustling of leaves Leviticus 26:36.
m. millstones Jeremiah 25:10; Ecclesiastes 12:4.
3. of articulate speech, thing said:
a.
(1) often of human advice, command, entreaty Genesis 3:17; Genesis 4:23; Exodus 3:18; Exodus 4:1, 9; Deuteronomy 1:45; Deuteronomy 21:18 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 21:20; 1 Samuel 2:25; 1 Samuel 8:7, 9; 2 Samuel 12:18; דִּבְרֵיכֶם ק׳ Deuteronomy 1:34; Deuteronomy 5:25; even of written words 2 Kings 10:6; so also הָאֹת ק׳ Exodus 4:8 (twice in verse) voice (teaching) of the sign.
(2) of a report Genesis 45:16; Ecclesiastes 10:20.
(3) of a proclamation Exodus 36:6 (P), 2 Chronicles 24:9; 30:5; 36:22 = Ezra 1:1; Ezra 10:7; Nehemiah 8:15.
(4) אָלָה ק׳ Leviticus 5:1 utterance of adjuration.
b. often (especially Deuteronomy, Jeremiah) of words of י׳ Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:5; Exodus 5:2; Exodus 15:26; Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 8:20; Deuteronomy 9:23; Deuteronomy 13:15; Deuteronomy 13:19 +, Judges 2:2, 20; Judges 6:10; 1 Samuel 12:14, 15; 1 Samuel 15:1, 19, 20, 22; Jeremiah 3:13, 25; Jeremiah 7:23 +; of מַלְאַךְ י׳ Exodus 23:21, 22. — קֹל Jeremiah 3:9 see below קלל.

קֹל noun [masculine] lightness, frivolity (so Vrss Ki Gie; Gf thinks = קָלוֺן; > = voice); — מִקֹּל זְנוּנָהּ Jeremiah 3:9. — קֹל voice, see קוֺל above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:8; 3:8; 3:8; 3:10; 3:17; 4:10; 4:10; 4:23; 21:16; 21:16; 22:18; 22:18; 26:5; 27:22; 27:22; 39:14; 39:14; 39:15; 39:15; 39:18; 45:16; 45:16

Exodus

3:18; 3:18; 4:1; 4:8; 4:8; 4:9; 5:2; 9:16; 9:23; 9:23; 9:28; 9:29; 9:33; 9:34; 15:26; 19:5; 19:16; 19:16; 19:19; 20:15; 20:15; 20:15; 20:18; 20:18; 20:18; 23:21; 23:22; 24:3; 28:35; 32:17; 32:17; 32:18; 36:6

Leviticus

5:1; 26:36

Deuteronomy

1:34; 1:45; 5:19; 5:25; 8:20; 9:23; 13:15; 21:18; 21:20; 27:14

Joshua

6:10

Judges

2:2; 2:4; 2:20; 6:10; 9:7; 18:25

Ruth

1:9; 1:14

1 Samuel

1:13; 2:17; 2:25; 4:6; 4:14; 4:14; 7:10; 7:10; 8:7; 8:9; 11:4; 12:14; 12:15; 12:17; 12:17; 12:18; 15:1; 15:14; 15:14; 15:19; 15:20; 15:22; 24:17; 26:17; 26:17; 26:17; 28:12

2 Samuel

5:24; 12:18; 15:23; 19:36; 22:14

1 Kings

1:40; 1:41; 1:41; 14:6; 19:3; 19:12

2 Kings

6:32; 7:10; 10:6; 11:13

1 Chronicles

14:15

2 Chronicles

5:13; 5:13; 23:12; 24:9; 30:5; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 3:13; 3:13; 10:7

Nehemiah

8:15

Job

21:12; 28:26; 37:4; 38:25

Psalms

3:5; 18:14; 26:7; 27:7; 28:2; 28:6; 29:3; 29:7; 31:23; 42:8; 46:7; 66:8; 77:18; 77:19; 86:6; 93:3; 93:4; 102:6; 104:7; 104:12; 142:2

Ecclesiastes

7:6; 10:20; 12:4; 12:4

Song of Songs

2:8; 2:12; 2:14; 5:2; 8:13

Isaiah

6:4; 6:8; 13:4; 13:4; 30:30; 30:31; 40:3; 52:8; 52:8

Jeremiah

2:15; 3:9; 3:9; 3:13; 3:25; 4:15; 7:23; 7:34; 8:16; 8:19; 9:9; 9:18; 10:13; 10:22; 16:9; 18:3; 25:10; 25:10; 30:19; 33:11; 46:22; 47:3; 49:21; 50:22; 50:28; 50:42; 50:46; 51:16; 51:55

Lamentations

2:7

Ezekiel

1:24; 1:24; 3:13; 3:13; 9:1; 10:5; 10:5; 23:42; 26:10; 26:13; 26:15; 27:30; 31:16; 33:32; 37:7; 43:2

Daniel

8:16; 10:6; 10:9

Joel

2:5; 2:5; 2:10; 2:11; 3:16

Amos

1:2; 2:2; 3:4

Micah

6:9

Nahum

2:8; 3:2; 3:2

Habakkuk

3:10

Zephaniah

2:14

Zechariah

11:3

H6963

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Strong's Number H6963 matches the Hebrew קוֹל (qôl),
which occurs 32 times in 24 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:24 - As they flew, their wings sounded to me like waves crashing against the shore or like the voice of the Almighty[fn] or like the shouting of a mighty army. When they stopped, they let down their wings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - As they stood with wings lowered, a voice spoke from beyond the crystal surface above them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - All around him was a glowing halo, like a rainbow shining in the clouds on a rainy day. This is what the glory of the LORD looked like to me. When I saw it, I fell face down on the ground, and I heard someone’s voice speaking to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:12 - Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a loud rumbling sound behind me. (May the glory of the LORD be praised in his place!)[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:13 - It was the sound of the wings of the living beings as they brushed against each other and the rumbling of their wheels beneath them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:1 - Then the LORD thundered, “Bring on the men appointed to punish the city! Tell them to bring their weapons with them!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:5 - The moving wings of the cherubim sounded like the voice of God Almighty[fn] and could be heard even in the outer courtyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:7 - He demolished fortresses[fn]
and destroyed their towns and cities.
Their farms were desolated,
and their crops were destroyed.
The land and its people trembled in fear
when they heard him roar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:9 - With hooks, they dragged him into a cage
and brought him before the king of Babylon.
They held him in captivity,
so his voice could never again be heard
on the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - The omen in his right hand says, ‘Jerusalem!’ With battering rams his soldiers will go against the gates, shouting for the kill. They will put up siege towers and build ramps against the walls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42 - From your room came the sound of many men carousing. They were lustful men and drunkards[fn] from the wilderness, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - The hooves of his horses will choke the city with dust, and the noise of the charioteers and chariot wheels will shake your walls as they storm through your broken gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:13 - I will stop the music of your songs. No more will the sound of harps be heard among your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: The whole coastline will tremble at the sound of your fall, as the screams of the wounded echo in the continuing slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:28 - Your cities by the sea tremble
as your pilots cry out in terror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - They cry aloud over you
and weep bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads
and roll in ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of its fall, for I sent it down to the grave with all the others who descend to the pit. And all the other proud trees of Eden, the most beautiful and the best of Lebanon, the ones whose roots went deep into the water, took comfort to find it there with them in the depths of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:4 - Then if those who hear the alarm refuse to take action, it is their own fault if they die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:5 - They heard the alarm but ignored it, so the responsibility is theirs. If they had listened to the warning, they could have saved their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32 - You are very entertaining to them, like someone who sings love songs with a beautiful voice or plays fine music on an instrument. They hear what you say, but they don’t act on it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:7 - So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling noise all across the valley. The bones of each body came together and attached themselves as complete skeletons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:2 - Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel appeared from the east. The sound of his coming was like the roar of rushing waters, and the whole landscape shone with his glory.
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