כּוֹס
kos
“cup”
Definition
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)
from an unused root meaning to hold together;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
כּוֹס appears 27 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
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You will be filled with shame instead of glory.You too must drinkand expose your uncircumcision!The cup in the LORD’s right handwill come around to you,and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom,you who dwell in the land of Uz.Yet the cup will pass to you as well;you will get drunk and expose yourself.
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