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

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