Word Study · Strong's H7083 · Hebrew
קֶסֶת
qeseth
keh'-seth
Strong's 1890 spelling: qeçeth
“properly, a cup, i.e. an ink-stand”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a cup, i.e. an ink-stand
Rendered in the KJV as
inkhorn.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הַקֶּ֙סֶת֙1
- וְקֶ֥סֶת1
- קֶ֥סֶת1
How it is rendered · 3
- and [the] writing-case of1
- the writing-case1
- the writing-case of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
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- HC/Ncfsc · 1
- HNcfsc · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 9:2וְקֶ֥סֶתvekesetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.here: and [the] writing-case of
- Ezekiel 9:3קֶ֥סֶתkesetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.here: the writing-case of
- Ezekiel 9:11הַקֶּ֙סֶת֙hakesetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.”here: the writing-case