The meaning of “כּוֹס”
Understanding kôwç reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
cup, (small) owl. Compare כִּיס. - a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion) - also some unclea...
כּוֹס
cup, (small) owl. Compare כִּיס. - 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) n f 1) cup n m 2) a kind of owl (an unclean bird)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 40:13 | “Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.” Word: כּוֹס (kôwç) | |
| Deuteronomy 14:16 | “The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,” Word: כּוֹס (kôwç) | |
| 1 Kings 7:26 | “And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.” Word: כּוֹס (kôwç) | |
| Psalms 75:8 | “For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.” Word: כּוֹס (kôwç) | |
| Isaiah 51:22 | “Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:” Word: כּוֹס (kôwç) |
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