Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3629
כִּלְיָה
kilyahkil-yaw'
kidney
31 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kilyâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3629is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 20spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3629
a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
The King James renders it: kidneys, reins.
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
kilyah is rendered "kidney". It stands 31 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 29:13Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
- The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.
The first use
Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
Exodus 29:13הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's thirty-one uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the kidneys15
- kidneys my6
- kidneys3
- kidneys of2
- and kidneys1
- and kidneys my1
- and the kidneys1
- from kidneys their1
- in kidneys my1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּלְאַיִם | kilayim | mixture | Uses4 |
| כִּלָּיוֹן | killayon | failing | Uses2 |
All 31, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
20 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
- הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת6
- הַכְּלָיֹ֖ת5
- הַכְּלָי֖וֹת2
- כִּלְי֣וֹת2
- בְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔י1
- הַכְּלָיֹ֗ת1
- הַכְּלָיֹ֜ת1
- וְהַכְּלָיֹ֔ת1
- וּכְלָי֗וֹת1
- וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י1
- כְלָי֖וֹת1
- כְּלָי֖וֹת1
and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural15HTd/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular6HNcfpc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine plural3HNcfpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HC/Ncfpc/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Td/Ncfpa
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncfpc/Sp1bs
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp
Exodus
two uses
Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
- הַכְּלָיֹ֔תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),
- הַכְּלָיֹ֗תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
Leviticus
fourteen uses
both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
- הַכְּלָיֹ֔תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
- הַכְּלָי֖וֹתhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
- הַכְּלָיֹ֔תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
- הַכְּלָיֹ֖תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
- הַכְּלָיֹ֔תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
- הַכְּלָיֹ֖תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys—
- הַכְּלָיֹ֔תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
- הַכְּלָי֖וֹתhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.
- הַכְּלָיֹ֔תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
- הַכְּלָיֹ֖תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar.
- הַכְּלָיֹ֖תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.
- הַכְּלָיֹ֖תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- הַכְּלָיֹ֜תhakelayotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the kidneys
They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver—
- וְהַכְּלָיֹ֔תvehakelayotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the kidneys
Deuteronomy
one use
with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
- כִּלְי֣וֹתkilyotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: kidneys of
Job
two uses
His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
- כִּ֭לְיוֹתַיkilyotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: kidneys my
I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
- כִלְיֹתַ֣יkhilyotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: kidneys my
Psalms
five uses
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
- וּכְלָי֗וֹתukhelayotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and kidneys
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
- כִלְיוֹתָֽי׃khilyotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: kidneys my
Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
- כִלְיוֹתַ֣יkhilyotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: kidneys my
When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
- וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗יvekhilyotaiconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and kidneys my
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
- כִלְיֹתָ֑יkhilyotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: kidneys my
Proverbs
one use
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
- כִלְיוֹתָ֑יkhilyotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: kidneys my
Isaiah
one use
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- כִּלְי֣וֹתkilyotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: kidneys of
Jeremiah
four uses
O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
- כְּלָי֖וֹתkelayotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: kidneys
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- מִכִּלְיוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃mikilyoteihempreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: from kidneys their
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- כְּלָי֑וֹתkelayotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: kidneys
O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
- כְלָי֖וֹתkhelayotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: kidneys
Lamentations
one use
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
- בְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔יbekhilyotaipreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in kidneys my
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.