Word Study · Strong's H3563 · Hebrew
כּוֹס
kos
koce
Strong's 1890 spelling: kôwç
“a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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)
Rendered in the KJV as
cup, (small) owl. Compare H3599 (כִּיס).
- 34occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 13 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 22inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 34 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 22
- כּ֣וֹס5
- הַכּ֖וֹס3
- הַכּ֥וֹס3
- כּ֖וֹס2
- כּ֔וֹס2
- כּ֚וֹס2
- כּוֹס־2
- בַּכּ֣וֹס1
- הַכּוֹס֙1
- וְכ֥וֹס1
- וְכוֹסִ֑י1
- וְכֹס֑וֹת1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 16
- [the] cup of10
- the cup5
- a cup4
- a cup of2
- the little owl2
- [is] a cup of1
- [was] a cup of1
- and [the] cup of1
- and cup my1
- and cups1
- and from cup his1
- cup her1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 13
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)14
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular5
- noun · feminine singular4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc · 14
- HTd/Ncfsa · 5
- HNcfsa · 4
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncfpa · 1
- HC/Ncfsc · 1
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
All 34, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 40:11וְכ֥וֹסvekhosconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”here: and [the] cup of
- Genesis 40:11כּ֣וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”here: [the] cup of
- Genesis 40:11הַכּ֖וֹסhakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularPharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”here: the cup
- Genesis 40:13כוֹס־khos-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.here: [the] cup of
- Genesis 40:21הַכּ֖וֹסhakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularPharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.here: the cup
Leviticus1 occurrence
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Psalms6 occurrences
- Psalms 11:6כּוֹסָֽם׃kosamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralOn the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.here: cup their
- Psalms 16:5וְכוֹסִ֑יvekhosiconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThe LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.here: and cup my
- Psalms 23:5כּוֹסִ֥יkosinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.here: cup my
- Psalms 75:8כ֪וֹסkhosnoun · feminine singularFor a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.here: a cup
- Psalms 102:6כְּכ֣וֹסkekhospreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.here: like an owl of
- Psalms 116:13כּוֹס־kos-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.here: a cup of
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 51:17כּ֣וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.here: [the] cup of
- Isaiah 51:17כּ֧וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.here: [the] cup of
- Isaiah 51:22כּ֣וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.here: [the] cup of
- Isaiah 51:22כּ֣וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.here: [the] cup of
Jeremiah7 occurrences
- Jeremiah 16:7כּ֣וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.here: a cup of
- Jeremiah 25:15כּ֨וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.here: [the] cup of
- Jeremiah 25:17הַכּ֖וֹסhakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,here: the cup
- Jeremiah 25:28הַכּ֥וֹסhakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularIf they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!here: the cup
- Jeremiah 35:5וְכֹס֑וֹתvekhosotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluralThen I set pitchers full of wine and some cups before the men of the house of the Rechabites, and I said to them, “Drink some wine.”here: and cups
- Jeremiah 49:12הַכּוֹס֙hakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularFor this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.here: the cup
- Jeremiah 51:7כּוֹס־kos-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.here: [was] a cup of
Lamentations1 occurrence
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 23:31כוֹסָ֖הּkhosahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularBecause you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’here: cup her
- Ezekiel 23:32כּ֤וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.here: [the] cup of
- Ezekiel 23:33כּ֚וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.here: [is] a cup of
- Ezekiel 23:33כּ֖וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.here: [the] cup of