Strong's Hebrew · H3563
כּוֹס
kôwç · koce
Definitiona 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)
Derivationfrom an unused root meaning to hold together;
KJV usagecup, (small) owl. Compare H3599 (כִּיס).
Occurrences34 in the KJV · 29 verses
כּוֹס in Scripture
Genesis 40:11
And Pharaoh' s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh' s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh' s hand.
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.
Genesis 40:21
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh' s hand:
Leviticus 11:17
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
Deuteronomy 14:16
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
2 Samuel 12:3
But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
1 Kings 7:26
And it was a handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
2 Chronicles 4:5
And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
Psalms 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 16:5
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Psalms 23:5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
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 .
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