Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H3563

Strong's H3563 · Hebrew

כּוֹס

kôwç · /koce/

Number
H3563
Language
Hebrew
Original word
כּוֹס
Transliteration
kôwç
Pronunciation
koce
KJV occurrences
29 verses

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)

KJV: cup, (small) owl. Compare H3599 (כִּיס).

Root / derivation: from an unused root meaning to hold together;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered כּוֹס across 29 verses.

cup30×
owl3×
cups1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

29 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Genesis3 verses
Leviticus1 verse
Deuteronomy1 verse
2 Samuel1 verse
1 Kings1 verse
2 Chronicles1 verse
Psalms6 verses
Proverbs1 verse
Isaiah2 verses
Jeremiah7 verses
Jeremiah 16:7

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Jeremiah 25:15

For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

Jeremiah 25:17

Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:

Jeremiah 25:28

And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.

Jeremiah 35:5

And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

Jeremiah 49:12

For thus saith the Lord; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

Lamentations1 verse
Ezekiel3 verses
Habakkuk1 verse

Topics that use this word

Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H3563 (kôwç) mean?

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)

How many times does H3563 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H3563 (כּוֹס) appears in 29 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “cup.”

How is kôwç translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H3563 is rendered as “cup” (30×), “owl” (3×), “cups” (1×).

Where does the Hebrew word כּוֹס come from?

from an unused root meaning to hold together;