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hebrew #3557 - כּוּל kul (to comprehend)


Original Word:כּוּל
Transliteration: kul
Definition:to comprehend, contain
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(kool)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

be able to, can abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide,

A primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses) -- (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).


Englishman's Concordance

1) to seize, contain, measure
1a) (Qal) to measure, calculate
1b) (Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain
1b1) to sustain, support, nourish
1b2) to contain, hold in, restrain
1b3) to support, endure
1c) (Polpal) to be supplied
1d) (Hiphil) to contain, hold, hold in, endure
1d1) to contain
1d2) to sustain, endure
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 962

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[כּוּל] verbcomprehend, contain (Late Hebrew, Aramaic id., measure, measure out, of dry or liquid measure; Syriac Aph`el id.; Arabic measure grain) —

QalPerfect only Isaiah 40:12מִיכָּ֗֗֗ל בְּשָׁלִשׁעֲפַר הָאָרֶץwho hath comprehended the dust of the earth in a shalish-measure?

PilpelPerfectכִּלְכֵּל2 Samuel 19:33; suffix כִּלְכְּלָם1 Kings 18:4; 2masculine singular suffix כִּלְכַּלְתָּםNehemiah 9:21, etc.; ImperfectיְכַלְכֵּלZechariah 11:16 +, etc.; Infinitive constructכַּלְכֵּלJeremiah 20:9 +, etc.; ParticipleמְכַלְכֵּלMalachi 3:2; — sustain, maintain, contain:

1sustain, support, nourish, followed by accusative of person Genesis 45:11; Genesis 50:21 (both E), 2 Samuel 19:33; 2 Samuel 19:34; 2 Samuel 20:3; 1 Kings 4:7 a (v:b absolute), 1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings 17:4,9; Nehemiah 9:21; Ruth 4:15; Psalm 55:23; Zechariah 11:16 (of sheep); followed by accusative of person + of thing (food) Genesis 47:12 (J), 1 Kings 18:4,13.

2contain, followed by accusative of person 1 Kings 8:27; 2Chron 2:5; 2 Chronicles 6:18 (heavens cannot contain ׳י); hold in, restrain Yahweh's word within one, Jeremiah 20:9.

3support, endure, sickness רוּחַ אִישׁמַחֲלֵ֑הוּ׳יְכַלProverbs 18:14; Malachi 3:2 (object אֶתיֿוֺם בּוֺאוֺ); of sustaining a cause, in court, דְּבָרָיו בְּמִשְׁמָּט׳יְכַלPsalm 112:5.

PolpalPerfect3plural כָּלְכְּלוּwere supplied with food1 Kings 20:27 (Klo proposes בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ).

Hiph`ilImperfectיָכִיל1 Kings 7:26 2t. etc.; Infinitive constructהָכִילJeremiah 6:11 5t.; — contain, hold, hold in, endure;

1contain, followed by accusative (of liquid) 1 Kings 7:26,38; 2Chronicles 4:5; in figure Jeremiah 2:13, absolute Ezekiel 23:32; (of burnt-offering) 1 Kings 8:64; 2Chronicles 7:7; hold in (wrath of ׳י, object not expressed, subject Jeremiah) Jeremiah 6:11 (opposed to שָׁפַךְ).

2sustain, endure, followed by accusative Amos 7:10; Jeremiah 10:10; Joel 2:11.

כִּלְכֵּלverb, כַּלְכֹּל

proper name, masculine see below כול.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3557. כּוּל (kul) — 37 Occurrences

Genesis 45:11
HEB: וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֤י אֹֽתְךָ֙ שָׁ֔ם
NAS: There I will also provide for you, for there are still
KJV:And there will I nourish thee; for yet [there are] five
INT:provide There there

Genesis 47:12
HEB: וַיְכַלְכֵּ֤ל יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת־
NAS: Joseph provided his father
KJV: And Joseph nourished his father,
INT:provided Joseph his father

Genesis 50:21
HEB:תִּירָ֔אוּ אָנֹכִ֛י אֲכַלְכֵּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֖ם וְאֶֽת־
NAS: therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.
KJV: Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.
INT: be afraid I will provide and your little comforted

Ruth 4:15
HEB:לְמֵשִׁ֣יב נֶ֔פֶשׁ וּלְכַלְכֵּ֖ל אֶת־ שֵׂיבָתֵ֑ךְ
NAS: of life and a sustainer of your old age;
KJV: of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age:
INT: A restorer of life sustainer of your old for

2 Samuel 19:32
HEB:שָׁנָ֑ה וְהֽוּא־ כִלְכַּ֤ל אֶת־ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
NAS: old; and he had sustained the king
KJV: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay
INT: years and he had sustained the king stayed

2 Samuel 19:33
HEB:עֲבֹ֣ר אִתִּ֔י וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֥י אֹתְךָ֛ עִמָּדִ֖י
NAS: You cross over with me and I will sustain you in Jerusalem
KJV: Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
INT: cross and I will sustain against Jerusalem

2 Samuel 20:3
HEB:בֵּית־ מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔ם וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לֹא־
NAS: them under guard and provided them with sustenance, but did not go
KJV: them in ward, and fed them, but went not in
INT: to his house ward and provided about did not

1 Kings 4:7
HEB:כָּל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְכִלְכְּל֥וּ אֶת־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
NAS: Israel, who provided for the king
KJV: over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king
INT: all Israel provided the king and his household

1 Kings 4:7
HEB:(הָאֶחָ֖ד ק) לְכַלְכֵּֽל׃ ס
NAS: each man had to provide for a month
KJV: his month in a year made provision.
INT: over a had

1 Kings 4:27
HEB: וְכִלְכְּלוּ֩ הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה
NAS: deputies provided for King
KJV: And those officers provided victual for king
INT:provided deputies Those

1 Kings 7:26
HEB:אַלְפַּ֥יִם בַּ֖ת יָכִֽיל׃ פ
NAS: blossom; it could hold two thousand
KJV: of lilies: it contained two thousand
INT: thousand baths hold

1 Kings 7:38
HEB:אַרְבָּעִ֨ים בַּ֜ת יָכִ֣יל ׀ הַכִּיּ֣וֹר הָאֶחָ֗ד
NAS: one basin held forty baths;
KJV: one laver contained forty baths:
INT: forty baths held basin one

1 Kings 8:27
HEB:הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ אַ֕ף כִּֽי־
NAS: cannot contain You, how much
KJV: of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less
INT: heaven cannot contain how for

1 Kings 8:64
HEB:יְהוָ֔ה קָטֹ֗ן מֵֽהָכִיל֙ אֶת־ הָעֹלָ֣ה
NAS: small to hold the burnt offering
KJV: [was] too little to receive the burnt offerings,
INT: the LORD small to hold offering offering

1 Kings 17:4
HEB:הָעֹרְבִ֣ים צִוִּ֔יתִי לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ֖ שָֽׁם׃
NAS: the ravens to provide for you there.
KJV: the ravens to feed thee there.
INT: the ravens have commanded to provide there

1 Kings 17:9
HEB:אִשָּׁ֥ה אַלְמָנָ֖ה לְכַלְכְּלֶֽךָ׃
NAS: a widow there to provide for you.
KJV: a widow woman there to sustain thee.
INT: woman A widow to provide

1 Kings 18:4
HEB:אִישׁ֙ בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה וְכִלְכְּלָ֖ם לֶ֥חֶם וָמָֽיִם׃
NAS: in a cave, and provided them with bread
KJV: in a cave, and fed them with bread
INT: a cave and provided bread waste

1 Kings 18:13
HEB:אִישׁ֙ בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה וָאֲכַלְכְּלֵ֖ם לֶ֥חֶם וָמָֽיִם׃
NAS: in a cave, and provided them with bread
KJV: in a cave, and fed them with bread
INT: a cave and provided bread waste

1 Kings 20:27
HEB:יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הָתְפָּקְדוּ֙ וְכָלְכְּל֔וּ וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ לִקְרָאתָ֑ם
NAS: were mustered and were provisioned and went
KJV: were numbered, and were all present, and went
INT: of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went against

2 Chronicles 2:6
HEB:הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּלֻ֑הוּ וּמִ֤י אֲנִי֙
NAS: cannot contain Him? So who
KJV: of heavens cannot contain him? who [am] I then, that I should build
INT: heavens cannot contain who I

2 Chronicles 4:5
HEB:שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים יָכִֽיל׃ ס
NAS: blossom; it could hold 3000
KJV: [and] it received and held three
INT: three thousand and held

2 Chronicles 6:18
HEB:הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ אַ֕ף כִּֽי־
NAS: cannot contain You; how much
KJV: of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house
INT: heaven cannot contain how for

2 Chronicles 7:7
HEB:לֹ֣א יָכ֗וֹל לְהָכִ֛יל אֶת־ הָעֹלָ֥ה
NAS: was not able to contain the burnt offering,
KJV: was not able to receive the burnt offerings,
INT: was not able to contain offerings offering

Nehemiah 9:21
HEB:וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֛ה כִּלְכַּלְתָּ֥ם בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר לֹ֣א
NAS: years You provided for them in the wilderness
KJV: years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness,
INT: forty years provided the wilderness nor

Psalm 55:22
HEB:יְהָבְךָ֮ וְה֪וּא יְכַ֫לְכְּלֶ֥ךָ לֹא־ יִתֵּ֖ן
NAS: upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never
KJV: upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never
INT: your burden and He will sustain not allow

Psalm 112:5
HEB:חוֹנֵ֣ן וּמַלְוֶ֑ה יְכַלְכֵּ֖ל דְּבָרָ֣יו בְּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃
NAS: and lends; He will maintain his cause
KJV: and lendeth: he will guide his affairs
INT: is gracious and lends will maintain his cause judgment

Proverbs 18:14
HEB:רֽוּחַ־ אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ וְר֥וּחַ
NAS: of a man can endure his sickness,
KJV: of a man will sustain his infirmity;
INT: the spirit of a man endure his sickness spirit

Isaiah 40:12
HEB:בַּזֶּ֣רֶת תִּכֵּ֔ן וְכָ֥ל בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ עֲפַ֣ר
NAS: by the span, And calculated the dust
KJV: with the span, and comprehended the dust
INT: the span and marked and calculated the measure the dust

Jeremiah 2:13
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־ יָכִ֖לוּ הַמָּֽיִם׃
NAS: cisterns That can hold no water.
KJV: cisterns, that can hold no water.
INT: after no hold water

Jeremiah 6:11
HEB:מָלֵ֙אתִי֙ נִלְאֵ֣יתִי הָכִ֔יל שְׁפֹ֤ךְ עַל־
NAS: I am weary with holding [it] in. Pour
KJV: I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out
INT: I am full I am weary holding Pour on

Jeremiah 10:10
HEB:הָאָ֔רֶץ וְלֹֽא־ יָכִ֥לוּ גוֹיִ֖ם זַעְמֽוֹ׃
NAS: cannot endure His indignation.
KJV: and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
INT: the earth cannot endure and the nations his indignation

Jeremiah 20:9
HEB:בְּעַצְמֹתָ֑י וְנִלְאֵ֥יתִי כַּֽלְכֵ֖ל וְלֹ֥א אוּכָֽל׃
NAS: And I am weary of holding [it] in, And I cannot
KJV: and I was weary with forbearing, and I could
INT: my bones am weary of holding cannot endure

Ezekiel 23:32
HEB:וּלְלַ֖עַג מִרְבָּ֥ה לְהָכִֽיל׃
NAS: at and held in derision; It contains much.
KJV: and had in derision; it containeth much.
INT: mock much contains

Joel 2:11
HEB:מְאֹ֖ד וּמִ֥י יְכִילֶֽנּוּ׃
NAS: awesome, And who can endure it?
KJV: terrible; and who can abide it?
INT: and very can endure

Amos 7:10
HEB:תוּכַ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ לְהָכִ֖יל אֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: is unable to endure all
KJV: is not able to bear all his words.
INT: able the land to endure all his words

Zechariah 11:16
HEB:הַנִּצָּבָה֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכֵּ֔ל וּבְשַׂ֤ר הַבְּרִיאָה֙
NAS: the broken, or sustain the one standing,
KJV: that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth
INT: standing or sustain the flesh of the fat

Malachi 3:2
HEB: וּמִ֤י מְכַלְכֵּל֙ אֶת־ י֣וֹם
NAS: But who can endure the day
KJV:But who may abide the day
INT: who endure the day of his coming

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