כּוּל
kûwl · kool
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
- properly, to keep in
- hence, to measure
- figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (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).
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
The open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כּוּל 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
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and fed3 · 10%
- cannot contain3 · 10%
- to receive2 · 7%
- and there will i nourish1 · 3%
- nourished1 · 3%
- ye not: i will nourish1 · 3%
- and a nourisher1 · 3%
- of sustenance1 · 3%
- with me, and i will feed1 · 3%
- which provided victuals1 · 3%
- made provision1 · 3%
- provided victual1 · 3%
- it contained1 · 3%
- contained1 · 3%
- to feed1 · 3%
- there to sustain1 · 3%
- and were all present1 · 3%
- and held1 · 3%
- didst thou sustain1 · 3%
- and he shall sustain1 · 3%
- he will guide1 · 3%
- will sustain1 · 3%
- and comprehended1 · 3%
- that can hold1 · 3%
- with holding in1 · 3%
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.