Strong's H3563 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: כּוֹס (kôwç)

Pronunciation: koce

Morphology: n-f

Part of Speech: n f, n m

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to hold together;

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)

KJV Renderings: cup, (small) owl. Compare כִּיס (kîyç) [H3599].

Senses

1. cup
2. a kind of owl (an unclean bird)

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.