Kôwç — H3563

H3563 · Hebrew — כוס

Pronunciation: koce

Definition

feminine noun

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)

  1. n f
  2. cup
  3. n m
  4. a kind of owl (an unclean bird)

Usually translated as

cup, owl

Origin

from an unused root meaning to hold together

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Kôwç occurs 34 times in 29 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (6), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (7), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (3), Habakkuk (1)

Strong's Lexicon — K