Midvash

כֹּלkôl

כֹּל: the whole, all

Pronunciation: kole · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3605

Meanings

1. with following genitive (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, all or every (Genesis 5:5; Numbers 14:1; Nahum 3:1)

a. the whole of (Genesis 2:2; Genesis 2:13; Deuteronomy 4:29)

b. followed often by a singular, to be understood collectively, whether with or without the article (Genesis 1:21; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 6:12)

c. the genitive after כל is often a relative sentence, introduced by אשׁר (Genesis 1:31; Genesis 7:22; Genesis 13:1)

d. with a suffix two idiomatic uses of כל (2 Samuel 2:9; Jeremiah 13:19; Jeremiah 48:31)

e. Hebrew idiom in certain cases affirms, or denies, of an entire class (Genesis 3:1; Deuteronomy 7:7; 1 Samuel 9:2)

f. very anomalously, severed from its genitive (2 Samuel 1:9; Job 27:3; Hosea 14:3)

2. Absolutely

a. all things, all, without the article (Genesis 9:3; Genesis 16:12; Genesis 20:16)

b. with article (Exodus 29:24; Leviticus 1:9; Leviticus 1:13)

כֹּל: the whole, all

1. the whole of (= all) (Daniel 3:2; Daniel 3:3; Daniel 3:5)

2. with a singular noun, understood collectively, every, any, or with a negative none (Daniel 3:29; Daniel 6:8; Ezra 6:12)

3. כֹּלָּא, used absolutely (Daniel 2:40; Daniel 4:9; Daniel 4:18)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5,413 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
  • Genesis 1:25 God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
  • Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
  • Genesis 1:28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
  • Genesis 1:29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.
  • Genesis 1:30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.
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