H3563Hebrewkôs
כּוֹס
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)
34
Total Occurrences
13
Books
34
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Strong’s Definition
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)
Etymology & Derivation
from an unused root meaning to hold together;
KJV Usage
cup, (small) owl. Compare H3599 (כִּיס).
Detailed Definition
From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.
- 1.(n f) cup
- 2.(n m) a kind of owl (an unclean bird)
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: kôwç; Pronunciation: koce