כְּלִי 324 noun masculineHosea 8:8 article, utensil, vessel (Late Hebrew 
id.; according to Thes from 
כלה = 
conficere, like German 
Zeug from
zeugen; properly therefore anything 
finished, made, produced; according to Ba
ZMG 1887, 605 from meaning 
enclose, contain; he finds plural of 
כְּלִי in 
כלאי M-I
23 (compare 
כלאים)) — 
כ׳ absolute 
Jeremiah 18:4 +; 
הַכֶּ֑לִי 1 Samuel 17:49; 
1 Samuel 21:6; construct 
כְּלִי Hosea 13:15 +; suffix 
כֶּלְיְךָ Deuteronomy 23:25; plural 
כֵּלִים Exodus 22:6 +; construct 
כְּלֵי Genesis 24:53 +; suffix 
כֵּלַי Genesis 31:37 + 
2 times; 
כֵּלֶיךָ Genesis 27:3; 
Ezekiel 12:4; 
כֵּלֵינוּ 1 Samuel 9:7; 
כְּלֵיכֶם Genesis 43:11 +; 
כְּלֵיהֶם Joshua 7:11 +; — 
    1. in general, 
article, object, made of any material, 
thing, especially thing of value 
זָהָב כ׳ 1 Samuel 6:8, 
15 (images of mice, etc.), personal or household property 
Genesis 31:37 (twice in verse) (E; 
Genesis 31:37b כֹּל כְּלֵיבֵֿיתֶ֑ךָ), 
Genesis 45:20 (E), 
כְּלֵי בֵיתֿ טוֺבִיָּהוּ Nehemiah 13:18; 
Joshua 7:11 (JE), 
כֶּסֶף אוֺ כֵּלִים Exodus 22:6 (E) 
money or 
articles (property), 
כְּלִי־פָּ֑ז Job 28:17 (apparently collective); 
things carried, plural = 
stuff, load, baggage (
impedimenta) 
1 Samuel 17:22 (twice in verse), apparently = 
baggage-train 1 Samuel 10:22; 
1 Samuel 25:13; 
1 Samuel 30:24; 
Isaiah 10:28; (compare 
Genesis 31:37 above); 
כְּלֵי גוֺלָה things of exile, i.e. the most necessary articles, such as exiles may take, 
Jeremiah 46:19; 
Ezekiel 12:3, 
4b; 
Ezekiel 12:7b, compare 
Ezekiel 12:4a, 
Ezekiel 12:7a; = 
ornaments or 
jewels Genesis 24:53 (J; 
זָהָב כֶסֶף וכ׳ כ׳, probably = ornaments), 
זהב כסף וכ׳ כ׳ also 
Exodus 3:22; 
Exodus 11:2; 
Exodus 12:35 (all E); 
Isaiah 61:10; 
Exodus 35:22; 
Numbers 31:50, 
כְּלֵי מַעֲשֶׂה Numbers 31:51 (all P), 
כְּלִי יְקָר Proverbs 20:15 (in figurative), 
תִפְאַרְתֵּךְ כ׳ Ezekiel 16:17, 
39; 
Ezekiel 23:26 (all in figure); 
כְּלֵי נְחשֶׁת as merchandise 
Ezekiel 27:13; 
כֵּלִים as cargo of ship 
Jonah 1:5; 
כסף וזהב וּכְלֵי נְחשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל Joshua 6:19, 
24 (J E; spoil of war); of any household article (on which one sits) 
Leviticus 15:4, 
6, 
22, 
23, 
26 (all P); of skin 
Numbers 31:20, or wood 
Numbers 31:20 (P); 
כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה Nahum 2:10 precious thing, so 
Hosea 13:15 (figurative), 
Jeremiah 25:34 (simile), 
2 Chronicles 32:27; 
Daniel 11:8, 
כלי חֲמֻדוֺת 2 Chronicles 20:25 (apparently = ornaments); also 
כְּלִי אֵיןחֵֿפֶץ בּוֺ Jeremiah 22:28 (figurative of Coniah, || 
עֶצֶב נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ), 
Hosea 8:8 (simile; compare 
Jeremiah 48:38 below); † specifically of 
garments (one's 'things'): 
כְּלִיגֶֿבֶר Deuteronomy 22:5 (|| 
שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה), so 
כְּלִיֿ עוֺר Leviticus 13:49 (compare 
מְלֶאכֶת עוֺר Leviticus 13:48), 
Leviticus 13:52; 
Leviticus 13:53; 
Leviticus 13:57; 
Leviticus 13:58; 
Leviticus 13:59 (all P).
 
    2. utensil, implement, apparatus:
    †a. implement of hunting and (especially) war, = 
weapon Genesis 27:3 (J), 
1 Samuel 20:40; 
1 Samuel 21:9 (
גַּם חַרְבִּי וְגַם כֵּלַי), 
1 Kings 11:8 2 Chronicles 23:7; 
1 Kings 11:11; 
Isaiah 54:16, 
17; 
Jeremiah 22:7; probably also 
Numbers 35:32, 
כְּלִי בַּרְזֶל Numbers 35:16, 
כְּלִי עֵץיָֿד Numbers 35:18 (all P); 
כְּלֵי חָמָם Genesis 49:5 (poem); 
כְּלִי מַשְׁחֵתוֺ Ezekiel 9:1, 
מַפָּצוֹ כ׳ Ezekiel 9:2; figurative of God's weapons 
כְּלֵימָֿוֶת Psalm 7:14 (|| 
חִצָּיו); 
זַעְמוֺ כ׳ Isaiah 13:5; 
Jeremiah 50:25; of entire equipment of warrior, 
armour or 
armament offensive and defensive 
1 Samuel 17:54 (compare 
1 Samuel 17:5ff.), 
1 Samuel 21:6 (twice in verse) (see Dr
Sm 139. 293), 
1 Samuel 31:9, 
10 = 
1 Chronicles 10:9, 
10; hence 
נשֵֹׁא כֵלִים (כֵּלָיוׅ armour—
weapon-bearer Judges 9:54; 
1 Samuel 14:1, 
6, 
7, 
12 (twice in verse); 
1 Samuel 14:13 (twice in verse); 
1 Samuel 14:14, 
17; 
1 Samuel 16:21; 
1 Samuel 31:4 (twice in verse); 
1 Samuel 31:5, 
6 = 
1 Chronicles 10:4 (twice in verse); 
1 Chronicles 10:5, 
2 Samuel 18:15; 
2 Samuel 23:37 = 
1 Chronicles 11:39; figurative 
וְכֵלַי כֵּלָיו רָעִים Isaiah 32:7 and a knave, his weapons (i.e. devices, Che 'machinations') 
are evil; more precisely 
כְּלֵי מִלְחָמָה Judges 18:11, 
16, 
17; 
1 Samuel 8:12; 
2 Samuel 1:27; 
Deuteronomy 1:41; 
Jeremiah 21:4; 
Jeremiah 50:20 (figurative), 
Ezekiel 32:27; 
1 Chronicles 12:34 [
1 Chronicles 12:33] (van d. H 
1 Chronicles 12:33 [
1 Chronicles 12:32]); 
כְּלֵי צְבָא מִלְחָמָה 1 Chronicles 12:38 [
1 Chronicles 12:37] (van d. H 
1 Chronicles 12:37); 
כְּלֵי קְרָב Ecclesiastes 9:18; 
בֵּית כֵּלָיו 2 Kings 20:13 = 
Isaiah 39:2 is perhaps 
armoury; 
כ׳ Ezekiel 40:42 is sacrificial knife.
 
    f. as general term for 
utensils and 
furniture of Solomon's palace 
1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20; especially (very often) of tabernacle 
Exodus 25:9, 
39; 
Exodus 27:3 + — 
1 Kings 7:45, 
47, 
48; 
2 Kings 12:14 +; of both palace and temple 
Jeremiah 27:18, 
19, 
21; combinations are 
כְּלֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 27:19, 
הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כ׳ Exodus 38:3, 
יהוה כ׳ Isaiah 52:11, 
בֵית י׳ כ׳ Jeremiah 27:16; 
Jeremiah 28:3, 
6; 
Ezra 1:7, 
כְּלֵי חֶמְדַּת בֵּית י׳ 2 Chronicles 36:10, 
בֵית כ׳ אֱלֹהִים 2 Chronicles 28:24 (twice in verse); 
2 Chronicles 36:18; 
Nehemiah 13:9; 
Daniel 1:2, 
הַמִּקְדָּשׁ כ׳ Nehemiah 10:40; 
הַשָּׁרֵת כ׳ Numbers 4:12 utensil of ministry, 
עֲבֹדָתָם כ׳ Numbers 4:26; 
1 Chronicles 9:28; 
1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse), 
עֲבוֺדַת בֵּית י׳ כ׳ 1 Chronicles 28:13, 
מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם כ׳ Numbers 4:32; also 
הַקֹּדֶשׁ כ׳ 1 Kings 8:4; 
1 Chronicles 9:29; of 
appliances of idol-workship 
2 Kings 23:4.
 
    3. vessel, receptacle, of various materials and for various purposes 
Genesis 43:11 (J); 
1 Samuel 9:7; 
Deuteronomy 23:25; = 
sack Genesis 42:25 (E; 
שַׂק in || clause, compare 
אַמְתַּחַת Genesis 42:27); 
כְּלִי הָרֹעִים shepherd's bag or 
wallet 1 Samuel 17:40, compare 
1 Samuel 17:49; 
חֶרֶשׂ כ׳ Jeremiah 32:14 is 
earthen-ware receptacle for deed of sale; for liquids 
1 Kings 17:10; 
2 Kings 4:3 (twice in verse); 
2 Kings 4:4, 
6 (
3 times in verse), 
מַשְׁקֶה כ׳ 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20, 
כְּלֵי שַׁמְנָהּ Numbers 4:9, compare 
Numbers 4:10; 
וְלֹא הוּרַק מִכְּלִי אֶלכֶּֿ֑לִי Jeremiah 48:11 (figurative), compare 
Jeremiah 48:12 (|| 
נְבָלִים); for cooking 
Leviticus 6:21 (
חֶרֶשׂ כ׳), 
Leviticus 6:21 (
נְחשֶׁת כ׳); see also 
(הַ)יּוֺצֵר 2 Samuel 17:28; 
Jeremiah 19:11 (simile), 
Psalm 2:9 (simile), 
לַצֹּרֵף כֶּ֑לִי Proverbs 25:4; 
כ׳ פָתוּחַ Numbers 19:15 an open (
uncovered) 
vessel. 
טָהוֺר כ׳ Isaiah 66:20 a clean vessel; figurative of Eliakim's relatives 
כְּלֵי הַקָּטָ֑ן מִכְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֺת וְעַד כָּלכְּֿלֵי הַנְּבָלִים Isaiah 22:24 the vessels of smallness (Da
Synt. § 32, R. 5), 
from the basin-vessels to all the pitcher-vessels.
 
    4. specifically 
כְּלֵיגֹֿמֶא Isaiah 18:2 vessels (boats) 
of paper-reed.
 
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