כְּלִי

Strong’s Definition

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

Etymology & Derivation

from H3615 (כָּלָה);

KJV Usage

armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, [phrase] furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, [idiom] one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, [phrase] psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, [phrase] whatsoever.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.article, vessel, implement, utensil
• 2.article, object (generally)
• 3.utensil, implement, apparatus, vessel
• 4.vessel, receptacle (generally)
• 5.vessels (boats) of paper-reed

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: kᵉlîy; Pronunciation: kel-ee'