Strong's Lexicon kowc: Cup Original Word: כּוֹס Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to hold together Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4221 (ποτήριον, potērion): Often used in the New Testament to denote a cup, particularly in the context of the Last Supper and the cup of suffering that Jesus refers to in the Gospels. Usage: The Hebrew word "kowc" primarily refers to a cup or a vessel used for drinking. It is often used metaphorically in the Bible to represent one's portion or lot in life, whether of blessing or judgment. The cup can symbolize abundance and blessing, as in the overflowing cup of Psalm 23:5, or it can represent suffering and divine wrath, as seen in passages like Isaiah 51:17. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern culture, the cup was a common household item used for drinking. It was also a significant symbol in religious and social contexts. Sharing a cup could signify fellowship and covenant, while the act of drinking from a cup could represent acceptance of one's fate or divine will. In biblical times, the imagery of a cup was often used in prophetic literature to convey messages of judgment or blessing from God. Brown-Driver-Briggs I. כּוֺס noun feminineLamentations 4:21 cup (√ unknown; perhaps kindred with כִּיס, q. v.; Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כסת; Aramaic כָּס,  ; Arabic  is Aramaic loan-word according to Frä171, but see DHMVOJ i. 27) — ׳כ absolute Genesis 40:11 +; כּ֯יֹס Proverbs 23:31; construct Genesis 40:11 +; suffix כּוֺסִי Psalm 16:5; Psalm 23:5 etc.; plural absolute כֹּסוֺת Jeremiah 35:5; — cup 2 Samuel 12:3; for wine Genesis 40:11 (3 t. in verse); Genesis 40:13,21 (all E), Proverbs 23:31; Jeremiah 35:5; שְׂפַתאכּוֺס 1 Kings 7:26; 2Chronicles 4:5; תַּנְחוּמִים ׳כ Jeremiah 16:7 the cup offered to mourners; figurative (wine-) cup of judgement of ׳י, from which the nations, or Israel, must drink Jeremiah 49:12; Lamentations 4:21; Psalm 75:9; חֲמָתוֺ ׳כ Isaiah 51:17,22; הַיַּיִן ׳כ הַחֵמָה Jeremiah 25:15, compare Jeremiah 25:17; Jeremiah 25:28; הַתַּרְעֵלָה ׳כ Isaiah 51:17,22; ׳כ שַׁמָּה וּשְׁמָמָה Ezekiel 23:33, compare Ezekiel 23:31; Ezekiel 23:32; Ezekiel 23:33; ׳יְמִין י ׳כ Habakkuk 2:16; by bold metaphor Babylon is such a cup זָהָב ׳כ ׳בְּיַד י Jeremiah 51:7; so of wicked persons, fire, brimstone, and burning wind are מְנָתאכּוֺסָם Psalm 11:6 the portion of their cup; ׳כ in good sense, cup of blessing Psalm 23:5 (overflowing); מְנָת חֶלְקִי וְכוֺסִי ׳י Psalm 16:5; יְשׁוּעוֺת ׳כ Psalm 116:13. II. כּוֺס noun [masculine] a kind of owl (according to Vrss.; see Kn-Di Leviticus 11:17; word perhaps onomatopoetic) — unclean bird Leviticus 11:17; Deuteronomy 14:16, dwelling in ruins חֳרָבוֺת ׳כִ Psalm 102:7. I. כור (√ of following; perhaps be or make round, hence furnace, pot, basin, from shape; Arabic Strong's Exhaustive Concordance cup, small owl From an unused root meaning to hold together; 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) -- cup, (small) owl. Compare kiyc. see HEBREW kiyc Forms and Transliterations הַכּ֖וֹס הַכּ֥וֹס הַכּוֹס֙ הכוס וְכ֥וֹס וְכֹס֑וֹת וְכוֹסִ֑י וּמִכֹּס֤וֹ וכוס וכוסי וכסות ומכסו כ֪וֹס כְּכ֣וֹס כּ֔וֹס כּ֖וֹס כּ֚וֹס כּ֣וֹס כּ֤וֹס כּ֧וֹס כּ֨וֹס כּוֹסִ֥י כּוֹסָֽם׃ כּוֹס־ כוֹסָ֖הּ כוֹס־ כוס כוס־ כוסה כוסי כוסם׃ ככוס chos choSah hak·kō·ws hakKos hakkōws kə·ḵō·ws keChos kəḵōws ḵō·w·sāh kō·w·sām kō·w·sî kō·ws ḵō·ws kō·ws- ḵō·ws- Kos koSam koSi kōws ḵōws kōws- ḵōws- ḵōwsāh kōwsām kōwsî ū·mik·kō·sōw umikkoSo ūmikkōsōw veChos vechoSi vechoSot wə·ḵō·sō·wṯ wə·ḵō·w·sî wə·ḵō·ws wəḵōsōwṯ wəḵōws wəḵōwsîLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 40:11 HEB: וְכ֥וֹס פַּרְעֹ֖ה בְּיָדִ֑י NAS: Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; KJV: And Pharaoh's cup [was] in my hand: INT: cup now Pharaoh's my hand Genesis 40:11 Genesis 40:11 Genesis 40:13 Genesis 40:21 Leviticus 11:17 Deuteronomy 14:16 2 Samuel 12:3 1 Kings 7:26 2 Chronicles 4:5 Psalm 11:6 Psalm 16:5 Psalm 23:5 Psalm 75:8 Psalm 102:6 Psalm 116:13 Isaiah 51:17 Isaiah 51:17 Isaiah 51:22 Isaiah 51:22 Jeremiah 16:7 Jeremiah 25:15 Jeremiah 25:17 Jeremiah 25:28 Jeremiah 35:5 33 Occurrences |
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wind about (e.g. a turban), 
turn or twist (of turban), 
blacksmith's fire-place, hornet's or bees' nest, **
means also a camel's saddle (or 'howdah') with its apparatus, see Frey, Lane; 
bundle; > Thes compare Syriac 
incaluit (Lexicons aestuavit, calefactus est)). 
