Word

כִּלְיָה

kilyâh · H3629 · Hebrew · 31 occurrences

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Meanings

kidney

Either of a pair of relatively small organs in the abdominal cavity of humans and animals and usually burned along with the fat of an animal sacrifice on the altar; regarded as a delicacy and considered the seat of emotions and one's devotion to God

Examples
Leviticus 3:4 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
Leviticus 3:10 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
Leviticus 3:15 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
kidneys > innermost being

Literally: kidney; hence: seat of a person's emotions and devotion to God, created by God, and hidden to everyone but God himself

Examples
Job 19:27 Whom I, on my part, shall behold for myself, And whom my eyes will see, and not another. My heart faints within me!
Psalm 7:9 Please let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God puts hearts and minds to the test.
Psalm 16:7 I will bless the LORD who has advised me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
Literally: fat of the kidneys of wheat; hence: the best quality of grains of wheat ((to be blessed with an abundance of the) finest grains of wheat)

Examples
Deuteronomy 32:14 Curds of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs And rams, the breed of Bashan, and of goats, With the best of the wheat; And you drank wine of the blood of grapes.

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

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

11 occurrences in 4 groups

יmy 8
חִטָּהwheat 1
אַיִלram 1
הֶםtheir 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

9 occurrences in 1 groups

שְׁנַיִםtwo 9

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

חֶלֶבfat 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

יָסַרto discipline 1
כָּלָהto be finished 1
עָלַזto rejoice 1

What is done to itIt is the object

12 occurrences in 7 groups

לָקַחto take, to receive 4
בָּחַןto test 3
פָּלַחto cleave 1
צָרַףto test 1
קָטַרto burn incense, to burn (offerings) 1
קָנָהto buy, to acquire 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 3 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against 10
בin/on/with 2
מִןfrom 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

חֶלֶבfat 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 1 word

νεφρός nephrós · G3510 · heart, feelings, desires: Greek νεφρός (nephrós, G3510) ('kidney') is the direct anatomical and figurative equivalent of Hebrew כִּלְיָה, both denoting the kidneys literally and, figuratively, the innermost seat of emotion or thought. This consistent translation practice across the Septuagint supports νεφρός as a genuine cross-linguistic equivalent.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Self003001016: In its figurative use this word ("reins") denotes the inmost self, the seat of emotion and conscience, an extension from the literal kidneys to the innermost part of a person, in keeping with the Hebrew idiom that locates feeling and moral reflection in the kidneys.
Crops001003001003002: The same word is applied figuratively to grain in Deuteronomy 32:14's description of "the finest of the wheat" (literally, the choicest fat-part of wheat), extending the "kidney fat" image from an animal offering to the best portion of a harvested crop.
Good002001001031: The literal kidneys, together with their fat, are repeatedly designated in the sacrificial law (Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 3:4, 10) as the choice, best portion offered up to God, so the word is also associated with what is excellent or superior in quality.

Word family 10 words

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

כָּלָה kâlâh · H3615 · to be finished, to be completed, to come to an end · 208×כְּלִי kᵉlîy · H3627 · object, vessel, instrument · 325×כִּלְיָהkilyâh · H3629כָּלָה kâlâh · H3617 · completely, imminent · 21×תַּכְלִית taklîyth · H8503 · limit, extent (of knowledge), end · 5×כְּלִיא kᵉlîyʼ · H3628 · prison · 2×כִּלָּיוֹן killâyôwn · H3631 · complete destruction, eyes that grow dim · 2×כָּלֶה kâleh · H3616 · weak, dim · 1×מִכְלָה miklâh · H4357 · purest · 1×תִּכְלָה tiklâh · H8502 · perfection · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3629. kilyah [כִּלְיָה noun feminine only plural kidneys (Late Hebrew כִּלְיָה (plural);…

H3629. kilyah
[כִּלְיָה noun feminine only plural kidneys (Late Hebrew כִּלְיָה (plural); Aramaic כּוּלְיָא or כּוֺלְיָא (only plural), ; Ethiopic ᵐ5 οἱ νεφροί); — absolute plural כְּלָיוֺת Jer 11:20 Jer 11:5t.; כְּלָֹית Exo 29:13 Exo 29:13t.; construct כִּלְיוֺת Deu 32:14; Isa 34:6; suffix כִּלְיוֺתַי Job 16:3 Job 16:2t.; כִּלְֹיתַי Job 19:27; כִּלְיוֺתָ֑י Psa 16:7; Pro 23:16; כִּלְֹיתָ֑י Psa 139:13; Lam 3:13; כִּלְיוֺתֵיהֶם Jer 12:2; — kidneys:
1 literally, as physical organ,
a. of man, only in poetry, as created by ׳י Psa 139:13; as the most sensitive and vital part, in metaphor of one wounded by ׳יs arrows Job 16:13; Lam 3:13.
b. of sacrificial animals, offered as choice part to ׳י Lev 3:4, Lev 3:10, Lev 3:15; Lev 4:9; Lev 7:4; Lev 9:10, Lev 9:19; ׳הַכּ שְׁתֵּי Exo 29:13, Exo 29:22; Lev 3:4, Lev 3:10, Lev 3:15; Lev 4:9; Lev 7:4; Lev 8:16, Lev 8:25 (all P); in figure of sacrifice Edomites אֵילִים כִּלְיוֺת חֵלֶב Isa 34:6; transferred to wheat,חִטָּה כִּלְיוֺת חֵלֶב Deu 32:14 kidney-fat (i.e. the choicest, richest) of wheat.
2 figurative, as seat of emotion and affection Job 19:27; Pro 23:16; Psa 16:7; Psa 73:21; מִכּ ׳וְרָחוֺק בְּפִיהֶם אַתָּה קָרוֺב Jer 12:2 near art thou in their mouth, and far from their affections; hence, as involving character, the object of God's examination, always || כ ׳כֹּחֵן ׃לֵב וָלֵב Jer 11:20 compare Psa 7:10, כ כֹּחֵן לֵב ׳חֹקֵר Jer 17:10, כ רֹאֶה צַדִּיק ׳בֹּחֵן וָלֵב Jer 20:12, כ ׳צָרְו֯פָה וְלִבִּי Psa 26:2.
כְּלוּלָה כַּלָּה, see below II. כלל.
כלח (√ of I. כֶּלַח, meaning dubious; Arabic is contract the face, look hard, stern; a hard year (though dearth, etc.)).

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Crops1 occurrence Self9 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