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Lexicon :: Strong's H6963 - qôl

Aa
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.
i. of a multitude 1 Samuel 4:14; Isaiah 13:4; Ezekiel 23:42.
l. flame Joel 2:5; crackling of thorns Ecclesiastes 7:6; rustling of leaves Leviticus 26:36.
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.
(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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6963 matches the Hebrew קוֹל (qôl),
which occurs 506 times in 436 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 9 (Job 4:16–Psa 77:17)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:16 -

“It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance;

A form was before my eyes;

There was silence, then I heard a voice H6963:

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:16 -

“If I called and He answered me,

I could not believe that He was giving ear to my voice H6963.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:21 -

[fn]Sounds H6963 of dread are in his ears;

While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12 -

“They lift up the tambourine and harp

And are glad at the sound H6963 of the pipe.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 -

When He set a limit for the rain

And a course for the thunderbolt H6963,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 -

The voice H6963 of the nobles was hidden away,

And their tongue clung to their palate.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31 -

“Therefore my harp [fn]is turned to mourning,

And my flute to the sound H6963 of those who weep.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:8 -

“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,

And I have heard the sound H6963 of your speech:

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:16 -

“But if you have understanding, hear this;

Give ear to the sound H6963 of my speech.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:2 -

[fn]Listen closely to the thunder of His voice H6963,

And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:4 -

“After it, a voice H6963 roars;

He thunders with His majestic voice H6963,

And He does not restrain [fn]the lightnings when His voice H6963 is heard.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:5 -

“God thunders with His voice H6963 marvelously,

Doing great things which we do not know.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:25 -

“Who has cleft a conduit for the flood,

Or a way for the thunderbolt H6963,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 -

“Can you raise your voice H6963 up to the clouds,

So that an abundance of water will cover you?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:24 -

“With shaking and rage he [fn]races over the ground,

And he does not [fn]stand still at the sound H6963 of the trumpet.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:9 -

“Or do you have an arm like God,

And can you thunder with a voice H6963 like His?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:4 -

I was calling to Yahweh with my voice H6963,

And He answered me from His holy [fn]mountain. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:2 -

Give heed to the sound H6963 of my cry for help, my King and my God,

For to You I pray.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:3 -

O Yahweh, in the morning, [fn]You will hear my voice H6963;

In the morning I will order my [fn]prayer to You and eagerly watch.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 -

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity,

For Yahweh has heard the sound H6963 of my weeping.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 -

In my distress I called upon Yahweh,

And cried to my God for help;

He heard my voice H6963 out of His temple,

And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 -

Yahweh also thundered in the heavens,

And the Most High gave forth His voice H6963,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:3 -

There is no [fn]speech, nor are there words;

Their voice H6963 is not heard.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:7 -

In order to proclaim with the voice H6963 of thanksgiving

And to recount all Your [fn]wondrous deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:7 -

Hear, O Yahweh, when I call with my voice H6963,

And be gracious to me and answer me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2 -

Hear the voice H6963 of my supplications when I cry to You for help,

When I lift up my hands toward [fn]Your holy sanctuary.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:6 -

Blessed be Yahweh,

Because He has heard the voice H6963 of my supplications.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:3 -

The voice H6963 of Yahweh is upon the waters;

The God of glory thunders,

Yahweh is over [fn]many waters.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:4 -

The voice H6963 of Yahweh is powerful,

The voice H6963 of Yahweh is full of splendor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5 -

The voice H6963 of Yahweh breaks the cedars;

Indeed, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:7 -

The voice H6963 of Yahweh hews out [fn]flames of fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:8 -

The voice H6963 of Yahweh causes the wilderness to tremble;

Yahweh causes the wilderness of Kadesh to tremble.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:9 -

The voice H6963 of Yahweh makes the deer to calve

And strips the forests bare;

And in His temple everything says, “Glory!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 -

As for me, I said in my alarm,

“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;

Nevertheless, You heard the voice H6963 of my supplications

When I cried to You for help.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:4 -

These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.

For I used to go along with the throng and [fn]lead them in procession to the house of God,

With the sound H6963 of a shout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 -

Deep calls to deep at the sound H6963 of Your waterfalls;

All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 -

Because of the voice H6963 of him who reproaches and reviles,

Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 -

The [fn]nations roar, the kingdoms shake;

He gives His voice H6963, the earth melts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:1 -

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

O clap your hands, all peoples;

Make a loud shout to God with the sound H6963 of a shout of [fn]joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:5 -

God has ascended [fn]with a loud shout,

Yahweh, [fn]with the sound H6963 of a trumpet.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 -

Because of the voice H6963 of the enemy,

Because of the pressure of the wicked;

For they shake wickedness down upon me

And in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:17 -

Evening and morning and at noon, I will bring my complaint and moan,

And He will hear my voice H6963.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:5 -

So that it does not hear the voice H6963 of [fn]charmers,

Or a skillful caster of spells.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 -

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

Hear my voice H6963, O God, in my [fn]complaint;

Guard my life from dread of the enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:8 -

Bless our God, O peoples,

And [fn]make the sound H6963 of His praise heard,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:19 -

But certainly God has heard;

He has given heed to the voice H6963 of my prayer.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 -

To Him who rides upon the [fn]highest heavens, which are from ancient times;

Behold, He gives forth His voice H6963, a voice H6963 that is strong.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:23 -

Do not forget the voice H6963 of Your adversaries,

The rumbling of those who rise against You which ascends continually.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:1 -

For the choir director. According to [fn]Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

My voice H6963 rises to God, and I must cry aloud;

My voice H6963 rises to God, and He will hear me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 -

The clouds poured out water;

The skies gave forth a sound H6963;

Your arrows went here and there.


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