כִּלְיָה
kilyâh · kil-yaw'
a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H3627 (כְּלִי) (only in the plural);
a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
- a kidney (as an essential organ)
- figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: kidneys, reins.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כִּלְיָה 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
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- kidneys9 · 29%
- with the kidneys5 · 16%
- my reins4 · 13%
- the reins3 · 10%
- and the kidneys1 · 3%
- the inwards, and the kidneys1 · 3%
- of kidneys1 · 3%
- though my reins1 · 3%
- and reins1 · 3%
- in my reins1 · 3%
- yea, my reins1 · 3%
- of the kidneys1 · 3%
- their reins1 · 3%
- into my reins1 · 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.