כֹּה
kôh · ko
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
Lexicon
Derivation: from the prefix k and H1931 (הוּא);
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
- properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so)
- also, (of place) here (or hither)
- or (of time) now
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֹּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
577 occurrences · 577 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thus2 · 8%
- here2 · 8%
- so2 · 8%
- this2 · 8%
- unto him, so1 · 4%
- yonder1 · 4%
- it here1 · 4%
- this way1 · 4%
- and that way1 · 4%
- and, behold, hitherto1 · 4%
- on this wise1 · 4%
- on this side1 · 4%
- on the other side1 · 4%
- the lord yonder1 · 4%
- me hitherto1 · 4%
- and it came to pass in the mean while1 · 4%
- on this manner1 · 4%
- on that manner1 · 4%
- for so1 · 4%
- behold, such1 · 4%
- like1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.