Word

כּוּל

kûwl · H3557 · Hebrew · 38 occurrences

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Meanings

to hold, to contain, to accommodate

State in which a container is able to accomodate something within its available space

Examples
1 Kings 7:26 And it was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths.
1 Kings 7:38 And he made ten basins of bronze, each holding forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin.
1 Kings 8:27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!
to provide for

Literally: to cause to contain; hence: causative action by which humans, animals or deities ensure that (other) humans received the food and care that they need

Examples
Genesis 45:11 “There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished.”’
Genesis 47:12 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their little ones.
Genesis 50:21 “So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
to endure, to hold in

Literally: to contain; hence: state in which humans are able to handle or deal with a situation

Examples
Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a person can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit, who can endure it?
Jeremiah 6:11 But I am full of the wrath of the LORD; I am weary of holding it in. “Pour it out on the children in the street And on the gathering of young men together; For both husband and wife shall be taken, The old and the very old.
Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. The earth quakes at His wrath, And the nations cannot endure His indignation.
to accomplish

Process by which humans or objects attain a certain goal

Examples
Psalm 112:5 It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment.
Ezekiel 21:28 “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says concerning the sons of Ammon and their taunting,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, sharpened for the slaughter, to make it consume, so that it may be like lightning—

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

36 occurrences in 14 groups

Not stated (infinitive) 9
Not stated: he, she or it 7
שָׁמַיִםheaven, sky 6
Not stated: I 3
Not stated: they 3
Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

32 occurrences in 23 groups

ךָּyou 7
הֶםthem 4
מֶלֶךְking 3
Other words · 20 groups that occur once or twice (27) 27

Second objectAs in “call him Lord”

3 occurrences in 2 groups

לֶחֶםbread, food 3
מַיִםwater 2

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 7 groups

עִמָּדagainst+ נִיme 1
בin/on/with+ יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםJerusalem 1
בin/on/with+ מִדְבָּרwilderness, desert 1
בin/on/with+ מִשְׁפָּטjustice, judgment, ordinance 1
בin/on/with+ שִׁיבָהstay, dwelling 1
בin/on/with+ שָׁלִישׁofficer, captain 1

With adverbsAdverbs

8 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 6
שָׁםthere 2

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לָאָהto be weary, to weary 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 7

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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Near synonyms 2 words

מָלֵא mâlêʼ · H4390 · to be full, to be filled, to fill (with oneself): כּוּל (kûwl, H3557) denotes the capacity to hold, contain, or sustain something, including a modal sense of being able to bear a load, while מָלֵא (mâlêʼ, H4390) denotes the act of filling or making something full. The two verbs occupy overlapping territory in the semantic space of containment, since holding a capacity and filling it to completion are closely related notions, making them plausible near-synonyms in contexts where either 'hold' or 'fill' could apply.
יָכֹל yâkôl · H3201 · to be able to, to endure: יָכֹל (yâkôl, H3201) denotes general capability or power to accomplish or overcome; כּוּל (kûwl, H3557) denotes capacity in the sense of sustaining, containing, or providing for.

In the other Testament 1 word

ἀρκέω arkéō · G714 · to be sufficient, to be adequate, to be enough: כּוּל emphasizes capacity to contain, sustain, or provide adequately (often material provision), while ἀρκέω specifically denotes sufficiency or being enough (to ward off need), representing the Greek rendering of Hebrew sustaining/provision semantics through the lens of adequacy.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Contain002002001003: The verb's sense of "hold(-ing in), contain" describes something being held or contained, as with grain or provisions gathered and stored.
Care002003002004: The verb describes caring for and providing for others, as when Joseph provides for his father and brothers in Genesis 45:11 and 47:12.
Patient002001002020: The verb's glossed sense "forbearing" describes a patient, sustaining endurance, supporting another through difficulty over time.
Succeed002003003020: The verb describes successfully sustaining and providing for someone through hardship, as with Joseph's provision preventing his family's impoverishment in Genesis 45:11.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

כּוּלkûwl · H3557כְּהַל kᵉhal · H3546 · be able, could · 4×כִּילַי kîylay · H3596 · scoundrel, rascal, villain · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3557. kul [כּוּל] verb comprehend, contain (Late Hebrew, Aramaic id., measure, measure…

H3557. kul
[כּוּל] verb comprehend, contain (Late Hebrew, Aramaic id., measure, measure out, of dry or liquid measure; Syriac Aph`el id.; Arabic measure grain) —
Qal Perfect only Isa 40:12 הָאָרֶץ עֲפַר בְּשָׁלִשׁ מִיכָּ֗֗֗ל who hath comprehended the dust of the earth in a shalish-measure?
Pilpel Perfect כִּלְכֵּל 2Sa 19:33; suffix כִּלְכְּלָם 1Ki 18:4; 1Ki 18:2masculine singular suffix כִּלְכַּלְתָּם Neh 9:21, etc.; Imperfect יְכַלְכֵּל Zec 11:16 +, etc.; Infinitive construct כַּלְכֵּל Jer 20:9 +, etc.; Participle מְכַלְכֵּל Mal 3:2; — sustain, maintain, contain:
1 sustain, support, nourish, followed by accusative of person Gen 45:11; Gen 50:21 (both E), 2Sa 19:33; 2Sa 19:34; 2Sa 20:3; 1Ki 4:7 a (v:b absolute), 1Ki 5:7; 1Ki 17:4, 1Ki 17:9; Neh 9:21; Rth 4:15; Psa 55:23; Zec 11:16 (of sheep); followed by accusative of person + of thing (food) Gen 47:12 (J), 1Ki 18:4, 1Ki 18:13.
2 contain, followed by accusative of person 1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 2:5; 2Ch 6:18 (heavens cannot contain ׳י); hold in, restrain Yahweh's word within one, Jer 20:9.
3 support, endure, sickness ׳יְכַל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ אִישׁ רוּחַ Pro 18:14; Mal 3:2 (object בּוֺאוֺ אֶתיֿוֺם); of sustaining a cause, in court, ׳יְכַל בְּמִשְׁמָּט דְּבָרָיו Psa 112:5.
Polpal Perfect3plural כָּלְכְּלוּ were supplied with food 1Ki 20:27 (Klo proposes בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ).
Hiph`il Imperfect יָכִיל 1Ki 7:26 1Ki 7:2t. etc.; Infinitive construct הָכִיל Jer 6:11 Jer 6:5t.; — contain, hold, hold in, endure;
1 contain, followed by accusative (of liquid) 1Ki 7:26, 1Ki 7:38; 2Ch 4:5; in figure Jer 2:13, absolute Eze 23:32; (of burnt-offering) 1Ki 8:64; 2Ch 7:7; hold in (wrath of ׳י, object not expressed, subject Jeremiah) Jer 6:11 (opposed to שָׁפַךְ).
2 sustain, endure, followed by accusative Amo 7:10; Jer 10:10; Joe 2:11.
כִּלְכֵּל verb, כַּלְכֹּל
proper name, masculine see below כול.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Patient7 occurrences Contain11 occurrences Care18 occurrences Succeed2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0