כֹּה
kôh · H3541 · Hebrew · 577 occurrences
Meanings
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as a quotative formula, "this is what X says"
Thus, or in this way
Examples1 Chronicles 17:4 'Go and tell David My servant, 'This is what the LORD says: "You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;"'
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locative
Here, or to this place
ExamplesRuth 2:8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, 'Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but join my young women here.'
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- מַבָּטhope 1
- מִשְׁפָּטjustice, judgment, ordinance 1
- נְאֻםdeclaration, utterance 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 2 groups
- עַדto, as far as, until 4
- בin/on/with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 3 words
- ὅδε hóde · G3592 · this, he, she
- Greek ὅδε serves as the demonstrative equivalent of Hebrew כֹּה in deictic and locative contexts ("thus," "here," "on this side"), reflecting a systematic Septuagint rendering of the spatial and manner-pointing functions of כֹּה.
- οὕτω hoútō · G3779 · so, thus, in this way
- οὕτω (hoútō, G3779) serves as the standard Greek manner/demonstrative adverb ('in this way, thus') corresponding to כֹּה (kôh, H3541), which functions as the Hebrew manner/demonstrative adverb with broader deictic range ('thus, so, here') — both operate as primary demonstrative manner markers in their respective languages, with כֹּה (kôh, H3541)'s extended senses ('here, on the other side') reflecting Hebrew's looser deictic boundaries while οὕτω (hoútō, G3779) maintains tighter anaphoric/cataphoric reference to surrounding discourse.
- ὧδε hōde · G5602 · here, in this, in this case
- Hebrew כֹּה functions as a demonstrative adverb with broad deictic range (spatial 'here/thus', manner 'in this way', and discourse 'as follows'), while Greek ὧδε is primarily a locative/spatial adverb ('here, hither, to this place') with narrower semantic scope, though both overlap in concrete spatial deixis.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3541. koh כֹּה demonstrative adverb thus, here (Biblical Aramaic כָּה; ᵑ6 ᵑ7,:Jerusalem,…
כֹּה demonstrative adverb thus, here (Biblical Aramaic כָּה; ᵑ6 ᵑ7,:Jerusalem, Mandean כָּא here: in Syriac with prefixes hither, (ᵑ6:Jerusalem ) hence, where? compare אֵיכָה, p. 32, and Köii. 1, 252) —
1 of manner, thus (so most frequently, and usually pointing to what is to follow, while כֵּן points commonly to what has preceded), Gen 15:5 זרעך יהיה כה thus shall thy seed be, Num 6:23; 1Ki 2:30 עָנָנִי וְכֹה יוֺאָב דִבֶּר כֹּה, 1 Kings 5:25; Isa 24:13 (answered by בְּ, as Jer 23:29); with a substantive Isa 20:6 מַבָּטֵנוּ כֹה הִנֵּה, Jer 9:21 (si vera lectio), Jer 23:29; 1Sa 27:11. Mostly confined to particular phrases: thus
a. with different forms of תאמר כה אמר, thus shalt thou say Exo 3:14-15, Exo 19:3; Exo 20:22 etc.; especially יי֞ אמר כה thus saith (or said) ׳י Exo 4:22; Exo 5:1; Exo 7:17; Exodus 7:26; Exo 8:16 etc.; and continually in the prophets, as Isa 7:7; Isa 8:11; Isa 18:4 etc.; Jer 2:2, Jer 2:5; Jer 4:27; Jer 6:16 etc.; also in the idiomatic formula יאֹמַר כֹּה אִם if he say (or used to say) (the words spoken following) Gen 31:8; 1Sa 14:9-10, 1Sa 20:7; 2Sa 15:26.
b. with עשׂה to do thus, Exo 5:15; Deu 7:5; pointing back, Num 22:30; Jos 6:14; 1Sa 27:11 and elsewhere; especially in the phrase יוסיף וכה אלהים יעשׂה כה (with variations), 1Sa 3:17 + (see יסף), in which כֹּה points to an imprecation understood but not expressed. With בְּ prefixed 1Ki 22:20 בְּכֹה אמר וזה בְּכֹה זה ויאמר and one spake in this wise, and another spake in that wise (|| 2Ch 18:19 כָכָהכָּ֗֗֗כָה; probably rightly).
2 of place, here (rare, chiefly in E), Gen 31:37 כֹּה שִׂים place it here before my brethren, Num 23:15 (twice in verse); 2Sa 18:30; Rth 2:8. Repeated, Exo 2:12 וָכֹה כֹּה וַיִּפֶן and he turned this way and that way; כֹּהכֹּ֗֗֗ה on this side . . . on that side Num 11:31. With עַד Gen 22:5 and we will go עַדכֹּֿה as far as here (δεικτικῶς) i.e. yonder.
3 of time, כֹּה עַד hitherto, Exo 7:16 (compare עַדהֵֿנָּה), Jos 17:14; וְעַדכֹּֿה עַדכֹּֿה till now and till then, i.e. meanwhile, 1Ki 18:45.
כָּה adverb here (Biblical Hebrew כֹּה; ᵑ7 Mandean כָּא; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic ; Syriac with prefixes, as hither, where?); — Dan 7:28 דִימִֿלְּתָא סוֺפָא עָדכָּֿה hitherto (compare Jer 48:47; Jer 51:64) is the end of the matter.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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