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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 6 / 9 (Psa 77:18–Isa 30:30)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18 - The sound H6963 of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The lightnings lit up the world;
The earth trembled and shook.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11 - “But My people did not listen to My voice, H6963
And Israel did not [fn]obey Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:6 - Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer;
And give heed to the voice H6963 of my supplications!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:3 - The floods have lifted up, O LORD,
The floods have lifted up their voice, H6963
The floods lift up their pounding waves.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - More than the sounds H6963 of many waters,
Than the mighty breakers of the sea,
The LORD on high is mighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:7 - For He is our God,
And we are the people of His [fn]pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Today, [fn]if you would hear His voice, H6963
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:5 - Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre,
With the lyre and the [fn]sound H6963 of melody.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:6 - With trumpets and the sound H6963 of the horn
Shout joyfully before the King, the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:5 - Because of the [fn]loudness H6963 of my groaning
My bones [fn]cling to my flesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:20 - Bless the LORD, you His angels,
Mighty in strength, who perform His word,
Obeying the voice H6963 of His word!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:7 - At Your rebuke they fled,
At the sound H6963 of Your thunder they hurried away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:12 - [fn]Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
They [fn]lift up their voices H6963 among the branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:25 - But grumbled in their tents;
They did not listen to the voice H6963 of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:1 - I love the LORD, because He hears
My voice H6963 and my supplications.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:15 - The sound H6963 of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;
The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:149 - Hear my voice H6963 according to Your lovingkindness;
Revive me, O LORD, according to Your ordinances.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:2 - Lord, hear my voice! H6963
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice H6963 of my supplications.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:6 - I said to the LORD, “You are my God;
Give ear, O LORD, to the voice H6963 of my supplications.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:1 - A Psalm of David.
O LORD, I call upon You; hasten to me!
Give ear to my voice H6963 when I call to You!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:1 - [fn]Maskil of David, when he was [fn]in the cave. A Prayer.
I cry aloud with my voice H6963 to the LORD;
I make supplication with my voice H6963 to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:20 - Wisdom shouts in the street,
She [fn]lifts her voice H6963 in the square;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:3 - For if you cry for discernment,
[fn]Lift your voice H6963 for understanding;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:13 - “I have not listened to the voice H6963 of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:1 - Does not wisdom call,
And understanding [fn]lift up her voice? H6963
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4 - “To you, O men, I call,
And my voice H6963 is to the sons of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - When [fn]he speaks H6963 graciously, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - He who blesses his friend with a loud voice H6963 early in the morning,
It will be reckoned a curse to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:3 - For the dream comes through much [fn]effort and the voice H6963 of a fool through many words.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Do not let your [fn]speech cause [fn]you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice H6963 and destroy the work of your hands?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For as the [fn]crackling H6963 of thorn bushes under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool;
And this too is futility.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound H6963 and the winged creature will make the matter known.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - and the doors on the street are shut as the sound H6963 of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound H6963 of the bird, and all the daughters of song will [fn]sing softly.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:8 - [fn]Listen! H6963 My beloved!
Behold, he is coming,
Climbing on the mountains,
Leaping on the hills!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:12 - ‘The flowers have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for [fn]pruning the vines,
And the voice H6963 of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - [fn]O my dove, in the clefts of the [fn]rock,
In the secret place of the steep [fn]pathway,
Let me see your [fn]form,
Let me hear your voice; H6963
For your voice H6963 is sweet,
And your [fn]form is lovely.”
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - [fn]I was asleep but my heart was awake.
A voice! H6963 My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is [fn]drenched with dew,
My locks with the [fn]damp of the night.’
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:13 - [fn]O you who sit in the gardens,
My companions are listening for your voice H6963
Let me hear it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 - And the [fn]foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice H6963 of him who called out, while the [fn]temple was filling with smoke.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:8 - Then I heard the voice H6963 of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:30 - Cry aloud with your voice, H6963 O daughter of Gallim!
Pay attention, Laishah and [fn]wretched Anathoth!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:2 - Lift up a standard on the [fn]bare hill,
Raise your voice H6963 to them,
Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:4 - A sound H6963 of tumult on the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A sound H6963 of the uproar of kingdoms,
Of nations gathered together!
The LORD of hosts is mustering the army for battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:4 - Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,
Their voice H6963 is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore the [fn]armed men of Moab cry aloud;
His soul trembles within him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:14 - They raise their voices, H6963 they shout for joy;
They cry out from the [fn]west concerning the majesty of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - Then it will be that he who flees the [fn]report H6963 of disaster will fall into the pit,
And he who [fn]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the windows [fn]above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:23 - Give ear and hear my voice, H6963
Listen and hear my words.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - Then you will be brought low;
From the earth you will speak,
And from the dust where you are prostrate
Your words will come.
Your voice H6963 will also be like that of a [fn]spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6 - From the LORD of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, H6963
With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:19 - [fn]O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound H6963 of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:30 - And the LORD will cause [fn]His voice H6963 of authority to be heard,
And the [fn]descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger,
And in the flame of a consuming fire
In cloudburst, downpour and hailstones.

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