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Lexicon :: Strong's H3563 - kôs

Aa
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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 BoxGen 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:11 - And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and crushing them into Pharaoh's cup, gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21 - And he put the chief wine-servant back in his old place; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:16 - The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - It was as thick as a man's open hand, and was curved like the edge of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it would take two thousand baths.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - It was as thick as a man's open hand, and the edge of it was curved like the edge of a cup, like a lily flower; it would take three thousand baths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:5 - The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red; it is well mixed, overflowing from his hand: he will make all the sinners of the earth take of it, even to the last drop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places; like the night-bird in a waste of sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:13 - I will take the cup of salvation, and give praise to the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 - Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 - Awake! awake! up! O Jerusalem, you who have taken from the Lord's hand the cup of his wrath; tasting in full measure the wine which overcomes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - This is the word of the Lord your master, even your God who takes up the cause of his people: See, I have taken out of your hand the cup which overcomes, even the cup of my wrath; it will not again be given to you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - No one will make a feast for them in sorrow, to give them comfort for the dead, or put to their lips the cup of comfort on account of their father or their mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 - For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said to me: Take the cup of the wine of this wrath from my hand, and make all the nations to whom I send you take of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:17 - Then I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and gave a drink from it to all the nations to whom the Lord sent me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - And it will be, if they will not take of the cup in your hand, then you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: You will certainly take of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:5 - And I put before the sons of the Rechabites basins full of wine and cups, and I said to them, Take some wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of it; and are you to go without punishment? you will not be without punishment, but will certainly be forced to take from the cup.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz: the cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - You have gone in the way of your sister; and I will give her cup into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - This is what the Lord has said: You will take a drink from your sister's cup, which is deep and wide: you will be laughed at and looked down on, more than you are able to undergo.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 - You will be broken and full of sorrow, with the cup of wonder and destruction, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 - You are full of shame in place of glory: take your part in the drinking, and let your shame be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand will come round to you and your glory will be covered with shame.
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