King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3557
Transliteration: kul
Phonetic Spelling: (kool)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to comprehend, contain
Meaning: to keep in, to measure, to maintain
Word Summary
kul: to comprehend, contain
Original Word: כּוּלTransliteration: kul
Phonetic Spelling: (kool)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to comprehend, contain
Meaning: to keep in, to measure, to maintain
Strong's 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
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 Isaiah 40:12 הָאָרֶץ עֲפַר בְּשָׁלִשׁ מִיכָּ֗֗֗ל who hath comprehended the dust of the earth in a shalish-measure?
Pilpel Perfect כִּלְכֵּל 2 Samuel 19:33; suffix כִּלְכְּלָם 1 Kings 18:4; 2masculine singular suffix כִּלְכַּלְתָּם Nehemiah 9:21, etc.; Imperfect יְכַלְכֵּל Zechariah 11:16 +, etc.; Infinitive construct כַּלְכֵּל Jeremiah 20:9 +, etc.; Participle מְכַלְכֵּל Malachi 3:2; — sustain, maintain, contain:
1 sustain, support, nourish, followed by accusative of person Genesis 45:11; 50:21 (both E), 2 Samuel 19:33; 19:34; 20:3; 1 Kings 4:7 a (v:b absolute), 5:7; 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.
2 contain, followed by accusative of person 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:5; 6:18 (heavens cannot contain ׳י); hold in, restrain Yahweh's word within one, Jeremiah 20:9.
3 support, endure, sickness ׳יְכַל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ אִישׁ רוּחַ Proverbs 18:14; Malachi 3:2 (object בּוֺאוֺ אֶתיֿוֺם); of sustaining a cause, in court, ׳יְכַל בְּמִשְׁמָּט דְּבָרָיו Psalm 112:5.
Polpal Perfect3plural כָּלְכְּלוּ were supplied with food 1 Kings 20:27 (Klo proposes בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ).
Hiph`il Imperfect יָכִיל 1 Kings 7:26 2t. etc.; Infinitive construct הָכִיל Jeremiah 6:11 5t.; — contain, hold, hold in, endure;
1 contain, followed by accusative (of liquid) 1 Kings 7:26, 38; 2 Chronicles 4:5; in figure Jeremiah 2:13, absolute Ezekiel 23:32; (of burnt-offering) 1 Kings 8:64; 2 Chronicles 7:7; hold in (wrath of ׳י, object not expressed, subject Jeremiah) Jeremiah 6:11 (opposed to שָׁפַךְ).
2 sustain, endure, followed by accusative Amos 7:10; Jeremiah 10:10; Joel 2:11.
כִּלְכֵּל verb, כַּלְכֹּל
proper name, masculine see below כול.