Strong's Lexicon

H3557

H3557 — כּוּל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

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HebrewkuwlverbOccurrences: 37TWOT: 962

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3557
Word:כּוּל
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:37
Transliteration:kuwl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kool
Meaning:1. (properly) to keep in 2. (hence) to measure 3. (figuratively) to maintain (in various senses)
KJV Renderings:(be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).

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BDB3940

[כּוּל] verb comprehend, contain (Late Hebrew, Aramaic id., measure, measure out, of dry or liquid measure; Syriac Aph`el [untranscribed source text 2465] id.; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2466] measure grain) —

Qal Perfect only Isa 40:12 מִיכָּ֗֗֗ל בְּשָׁלִשׁ עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ who hath comprehended the dust of the earth in a shalish-measure?
Pilpel Perfect כִּלְכֵּל 2Sam 19:33 suffix כִּלְכְּלָם 1Kgs 18:4 2 masculine singular suffix כִּלְכַּלְתָּם Neh 9:21, etc.; Imperfect יְכַלְכֵּל Zech 11:16 +, etc.; Infinitive construct כַּלְכֵּל Jer 20:9 +, etc.; Participle מְכַלְכֵּל Mal 3:2 — sustain, maintain, contain:
1. sustain, support, nourish, followed by accusative of person Gen 45:11; Gen 50:21 (both E ), 2Sam 19:33; 2Sam 19:34; 2Sam 20:3; 2Sam 1:7 a (v:b absolute), 1Kgs 5:7; 1Kgs 17:4; 1Kgs 17:9; Neh 9:21; Ruth 4:15; Ps 55:23 ; Zech 11:16 (of sheep); followed by accusative of person + of thing (food) Gen 47:12 ( J ), 1Kgs 18:4; 1Kgs 18:13.
2. contain, followed by accusative of person 1Kgs 8:27; 2Chr 2:5; 2Chr 6:18 (heavens cannot contain ׳ י); hold in, restrain Yahweh's word within one, Jer 20:9.
3. support, endure, sickness רוּחַ אִישׁ מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ ׳ יְכַל Prov 18:14 ; Mal 3:2 (object אֶתיֿוֺם בּוֺאוֺ); of sustaining a cause, in court, דְּבָרָיו בְּמִשְׁפָּט ׳ יְכַל Ps 112:5 .
Polpal Perfect 3 plural כָּלְכְּלוּ were supplied with food 1Kgs 20:27 (Klo proposes בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ).
Hiph`il Imperfect יָכִיל 1Kgs 7:26 + 2 t. etc.; Infinitive construct הָכִיל Jer 6:11 + 5 t.; — contain, hold, hold in, endure;
1. contain, followed by accusative (of liquid) 1Kgs 7:26; 1Kgs 7:38; 2Chr 4:5 in figure Jer 2:13, absolute Ezek 23:32 (of burnt-offering) 1Kgs 8:64; 2Chr 7:7 hold in (wrath of ׳ י, object not expressed, subject Jeremiah) Jer 6:11 (opposed to שָׁפַךְ ).
2. sustain, endure, followed by accusative Amos 7:10; Jer 10:10; Joel 2:11 .

BDB4035

כִּלְכֵּל verb, כַּלְכֹּל proper name, masculine see below כול.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כול (kool)

Isaiah 40:19

KJV: The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
EHCC: and comprehended the dust of the earth

2 Samuel 19:32

KJV: Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
EHCC: (33).he 4 e ki sustenance

1 Kings 4:7

KJV: And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
EHCC: twelve officers... which provided victuals

1 Kings 18:4

KJV: For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)Jezebel: Heb. Izebel
EHCC: and fed them with bread and water,

Nehemiah 9:21

KJV: Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
EHCC: forty years didst thou sustain them

Ruth 4:15

KJV: And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.a nourisher of: Heb. to nourishthine…: Heb. thy gray hairs
EHCC: and a nourisher of thine old age: (marg.

1 Kings 4:7

KJV: And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
EHCC: man his month in = year made provision.

1 Kings 17:4

KJV: And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
EHCC: 1 have commanded the ravens to feed 6

Jeremiah 20:9

KJV: Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
EHCC: 1 was weary with forbearing,

Jeremiah 50:21

KJV: Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.of Merathaim: or, of the rebelsPekod: or, Visitation
EHCC: J will nourish you, and your little ones.

2 Samuel 20:3

KJV: And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.ward: Heb. an house of wardshut…: Heb. boundliving…: Heb. in widowhood of life
EHCC: put them in ward, and fed them,

1 Kings 8:97

EHCC: heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ;

1 Kings 18:13

KJV: Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
EHCC: and fed them with bread and water?

2 Chronicles 2:6

KJV: But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength
EHCC: (5). heaven of heavens cannot contain him?

2 Chronicles 6:18

KJV: But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
EHCC: the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee;

Psalms 55:22

KJV: Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.burden: or, gift
EHCC: (23). he shall sustain thee :

Psalms 112:5

KJV: A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.discretion: Heb. judgment
EHCC: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Proverbs 18:14

KJV: The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
EHCC: The iit of a man will sustain

Malachi 8:2

EHCC: who may abide the day of his coming?

1 Kings 20:27

KJV: And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.were all…: or, were nourished
EHCC: Israel were numbered, and were ail present,

1 Kings 16:8

KJV: In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
EHCC: 64. brasen altar... (was) too little to receive

2 Chronicles 7:7

KJV: Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
EHCC: brasen altar... was not able to receive

1 Kings 7:26

KJV: And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
EHCC: it contained two thousand baths.

2 Chronicles 4:5

KJV: And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.with flowers…: or, like a lilyflower
EHCC: and held three thousand bathe.

Jeremiah 2:13

KJV: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
EHCC: broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 10:10

KJV: But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.true…: Heb. God of truthliving God: Heb. living Godseverlasting…: Heb. king of eternity
EHCC: the nations shall not be able to abide

Joel 2:11

KJV: And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
EHCC: and who can abide it ל

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