Strong's Lexicon

H3563

H3563 — כּוֹס

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

Hebrewkowcn-e.Occurrences: 34TWOT: 965

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3563
Word:	כּוֹס
Part of Speech:	n-e.
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to hold together
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	34
Transliteration:	kowc
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	koce
Meaning:	1. a cup (as a container) 2. (often, figuratively) a lot (as if a potion) 3. (also) some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
KJV Renderings:	cup, (small) owl.

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BDB3956

I. כּוֺס noun feminine^{Lam 4:21} cup (√ unknown; perhaps kindred with כִּיס , q. v.; Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כסת; Aramaic כָּס , [untranscribed source text 2476]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2477] is Aramaic loan-word according to Frä¹⁷¹, but see DHM^{VOJ i. 27}) — ׳ כ absolute Gen 40:11 +; כּ֯יֹס Prov 23:31 construct Gen 40:11 +; suffix כּוֺסִי Ps 16:5; Ps 23:5 etc.; plural absolute כֹּסוֺת Jer 35:5 — cup 2Sam 12:3 for wine Gen 40:11 (3 t. in verse); Gen 40:13; Gen 40:21 (all E ), Prov 23:31; Jer 35:5 שְׂפַתאכּוֺס 1Kgs 7:26; 2Chr 4:5 תַּנְחוּמִים ׳ כ Jer 16:7 the cup offered to mourners; figurative (wine-) cup of judgement of ׳ י, from which the nations, or Israel, must drink Jer 49:12; Lam 4:21; Ps 75:9 חֲמָתוֺ ׳ כ Isa 51:17; Isa 51:22 הַיַּיִן ׳ כ הַחֵמָה Jer 25:15, compare Jer 25:17 Jer 25:28 הַתַּרְעֵלָה ׳ כ Isa 51:17; Isa 51:22 ׳ כ שַׁמָּה וּשְׁמָמָה Ezek 23:33, compare Ezek 23:31 Ezek 23:32 Ezek 23:33 ׳ יְמִין י ׳ כ Hab 2:16 by bold metaphor Babylon is such a cup זָהָב ׳ כ ׳ בְּיַד י Jer 51:7 so of wicked persons, fire, brimstone, and burning wind are מְנָתאכּוֺסָם Ps 11:6 the portion of their cup; ׳ כ in good sense, cup of blessing Ps 23:5 (overflowing); מְנָת חֶלְקִי וְכוֺסִי ׳ י Ps 16:5 יְשׁוּעוֺת ׳ כ Ps 116:13.

BDB3957

II. כּוֺס noun [masculine] a kind of owl (according to Vrss. ; see Kn-Di Lev 11:17 word perhaps onomatopoetic) — unclean bird Lev 11:17; Deut 14:16, dwelling in ruins חֳרָבוֺת ׳ כִ Ps 102:7.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כוס (kohs)

Genesis 40:11

KJV: And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

EHCC: And Pharaoh's cup (was) in my hand:

Leviticus 11:17

KJV: And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

EHCC: And the little owl,

Deuteronomy 14:16

KJV: The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

EHCC: The little owl, and the great owl,

2 Samuel 12:3

KJV: But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.meat: Heb. morsel

EHCC: and drank of his own cup,

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: the work of the brim of a cup,

Psalms 11:6

KJV: Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.an horrible…: or, a burning tempest

EHCC: the portion of their cup.

Psalms 16:5

KJV: The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.of mine…: Heb. of my part

EHCC: of mine inheritance and of my eup:

Psalms 28:5

KJV: Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

EHCC: my cup runneth over.

Psalms 75:8

KJV: For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

EHCC: (9).the hand of the Lord (there is) a cup,

Proverbs 23:31

KJV: Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

EHCC: when it giveth his colour in the wal

Jeremiah 16:7

KJV: 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.tear…: or, break bread for them

EHCC: the cup of consolation

Jeremiah 26:15

KJV: But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

EHCC: the wine cup of this fury

Jeremiah 35:5

KJV: 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.

EHCC: pots fail of wine, and cups,

Jeremiah 49:12

KJV: 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.

EHCC: to drink of the eup

Jeremiah 51:7

KJV: 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.

EHCC: Babylon (hath been) a golden exp

Ezekiel 23:31

KJV: Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.

EHCC: therefore will 1 give her cup

Habakkuk 2:16

KJV: Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.with…: or, more with shame than with glory

EHCC: the eup of the Lord’s right hand