קוֹל
qôwl · kole
a voice or sound
Lexicon
Derivation: or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud;
a voice or sound
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- 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)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קוֹל 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
506 occurrences · 506 OT · 0 NT · 181 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the voice81 · 24%
- voice31 · 9%
- my voice30 · 9%
- his voice27 · 8%
- and the voice17 · 5%
- their voice16 · 5%
- to the voice15 · 4%
- the sound13 · 4%
- thy voice13 · 4%
- unto the voice12 · 4%
- a voice12 · 4%
- the noise10 · 3%
- not the voice9 · 3%
- at the noise6 · 2%
- with my voice6 · 2%
- unto my voice5 · 1%
- with the voice5 · 1%
- at the sound5 · 1%
- thunder4 · 1%
- at the voice4 · 1%
- a sound4 · 1%
- unto their voice4 · 1%
- and the noise4 · 1%
- to thy voice3 · 1%
- her voice3 · 1%
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.