Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3563
כּוֹס
koskoce
cup; owl
34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kôwç
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3563is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 22spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3563
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)
The King James renders it: cup, (small) owl. Compare H3599 (כִּיס).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kos is rendered "cup; owl". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "cup".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 40:11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-two different ways.
The first use
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”
Genesis 40:11וְכ֥וֹס
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: cup, and owl.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| cupStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 40:11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup… |
| owlStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- cup of10
- the cup5
- a cup4
- a cup of4
- the little owl2
- and cup my1
- and cup of1
- and cups1
- and from cup his1
- cup her1
- cup my1
- cup their1
and 2 more, 34 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כּוֹכָב | kokab | star | Uses37 |
| כּוֹבַע | koba | helmet | Uses6 |
| כּוֹשָׁרָה | kosharah | prosperity | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 34, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
22 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- כּ֣וֹס5
- הַכּ֖וֹס3
- הַכּ֥וֹס3
- כּ֖וֹס2
- כּ֔וֹס2
- כּ֚וֹס2
- כּוֹס־2
- בַּכּ֣וֹס1
- הַכּוֹס֙1
- וְכ֥וֹס1
- וְכוֹסִ֑י1
- וְכֹס֑וֹת1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)14HNcfsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular5HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular4HNcfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp3fs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Genesis
five uses
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”
- וְכ֥וֹסvekhosconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and cup of
- כּ֣וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cup of
- הַכּ֖וֹסhakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the cup
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.
- כוֹס־khos-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cup of
Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
- הַכּ֖וֹסhakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the cup
Leviticus
one use
the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
- הַכּ֥וֹסhakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the little owl
Deuteronomy
one use
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
- הַכּ֥וֹסhakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the little owl
2 Samuel
one use
but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
- וּמִכֹּס֤וֹumikosoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and from cup his
1 Kings
one use
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
- כּ֖וֹסkosnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cup
2 Chronicles
one use
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
- כּ֔וֹסkosnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cup
Psalms
six uses
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- כּוֹסָֽם׃kosamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: cup their
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
- וְכוֹסִ֑יvekhosiconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and cup my
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- כּוֹסִ֥יkosinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: cup my
For 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.
- כ֪וֹסkhosnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cup
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
- כְּכ֣וֹסkekhospreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like an owl of
I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.
- כּוֹס־kos-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a cup of
Proverbs
one use
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
- בַּכּ֣וֹסbakispreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the cup
Isaiah
four uses
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.
- כּ֣וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cup of
- כּ֧וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cup 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.
- כּ֣וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cup of
- כּ֣וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cup of
Jeremiah
seven uses
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.
- כּ֣וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a cup 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.
- כּ֨וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cup of
So 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,
- הַכּ֖וֹסhakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the cup
If 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!
- הַכּ֥וֹסhakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the cup
Then 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.”
- וְכֹס֑וֹתvekhosotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and cups
For 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.
- הַכּוֹס֙hakosthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the cup
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.
- כּוֹס־kos-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a cup of
Lamentations
one use
So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
- כּ֔וֹסkosnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cup
Ezekiel
four uses
Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’
- כוֹסָ֖הּkhosahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: cup her
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.
- כּ֤וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cup of
You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.
- כּ֚וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a cup of
- כּ֖וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cup of
Habakkuk
one use
You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
- כּ֚וֹסkosnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cup of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.