Strong's H3563
כּוֹס
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
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)
Derivation
from an unused root meaning to hold together;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, כּוֹס is translated as: cup, (small) owl. Compare H3599 (כִּיס)..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.