כּוֹס

kosNoun (Feminine)H3563

cup

From: from an unused root meaning to hold together;

Short 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)

Full Lexicon Entry

cup

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Feminine)

Morphology H:N-F

DescriptionH:N-F

Occurrences

27 times

Appears 27 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Jeremiah
7
Psalms
4
Ezk
3
Genesis
3
Isaiah
2

Key Passages

  • 1 Kings 7:26
  • Ezk 23:32
  • Habakkuk 2:16
  • Jeremiah 25:17
  • Lamentations 4:21

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.