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Strong's #3627 - כְּלִי
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- article, vessel, implement, utensil
- article, object (general)
- utensil, implement, apparatus, vessel
- implement (of hunting or war)
- implement (of music)
- implement, tool (of labour)
- equipment, yoke (of oxen)
- utensils, furniture
- vessel, receptacle (general)
- vessels (boats) of paper-reed
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1242) lk (כל KL) AC: Complete CO: Vessel AB: Whole: The pictograph k is a picture of the bent palm representing the bending or subduing of the will, the l is a picture of a shepherd staff or yoke. Combined these mean "tame for the yoke". An animal or land that is tamed has been worked and is complete and ready for use. Taming include; construction of holding pens, putting the soil to the plow, harvesting of crops, milk or meat. One eats once the harvest is complete. (eng: whole; cell; cellar)
A) lk (כל KL) AC: Complete CO: Vessel AB: Whole: A container for holding contents. Something that is full or whole.
Nf1) elk (כלה KLH) - Completion: Something that has been completed or made whole. This can be in a positive sense or negative such as in a failure. KJV (22): end, altogether, consume, consumption, consummation, determine, riddance - Strongs: H3617 (כָּלָה)
fm) ilk (כלי KLY) - Vessel: For carrying or storing various materials. KJV (325): vessel, instrument, weapon, jewel, stuff, thing, armour, furniture, carriage, bag - Strongs: H3627 (כְּלִי)
ff1) eilk (כליה KLYH) - Kidney: The organ as a vessel. The seat of emotion. KJV (31): kidneys, reins - Strongs: H3629 (כִּלְיָה)
if1) elkt (תכלה TKLH) - Completion: KJV (1): perfection - Strongs: H8502 (תִּכְלָה)
if2) tlkt (תכלת TKLT) - Blue: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (50): blue - Strongs: H8504 (תְּכֵלֶת)
if4) tilkt (תכלית TKLYT) - Boundary: The ends of the whole. KJV (5): end, perfection, perfect - Strongs: H8503 (תַּכְלִית)
fjm) nfilk (כליונ KLYWN) - Failure: A complete destruction or failure of something. KJV (2): failing, consumption - Strongs: H3631 (כִּלָּיוֹן)
B) llk (כלל KLL) AC: Complete CO: ? AB: Whole: Something that is whole or a container that holds something completely.
V) llk (כלל KLL) - Complete: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (10): (vf: Paal) perfect, finish - Strongs: H3634 (כָּלַל), H3635 (כְּלַל)
Nf1) ellk (כללה KLLH) - Bride: The one added to the man to make him complete. KJV (34): daughter-in-law, bride, spouse - Strongs: H3618 (כַּלָּה)
bm) lilk (כליל KLYL) - Complete: KJV (15): perfect, wholly, perfection, utterly, whole - Strongs: H3632 (כָּלִיל)
df1) elflk (כלולה KLWLH) - Bridehood: In the sense of becoming complete. KJV (1): espousal - Strongs: H3623 (כְּלוּלֹת)
hm) llkm (מכלל MKLL) - Complete: KJV (1): perfection - Strongs: H4359 (מִכְלָל)
hcm) lflkm (מכלול MKLWL) - Complete: KJV (2): gorgeously, sorts - Strongs: H4358 (מִכְלוֹל)
hdm) lflkm (מכלול MKLWL) - Choice: In the sense of being whole and complete. KJV (1): all - Strongs: H4360 (מַכְלֻל)
C) lka (אכל AKL) AC: Eat CO: Food AB: ?: Through sustenance one becomes whole and satisfied.
V) lka (אכל AKL) - Eat: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (817): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual, Piel) eat, devour, consume - Strongs: H398 (אָכַל), H399 (אֲכַל)
Nf1) elka (אכלה AKLH) - Food: KJV (18): meat, devour, fuel, eat, consume, food - Strongs: H402 (אָכְלָה)
am) lkam (מאכל MAKL) - Food: KJV (30): meat, food, fruit, manner, victual - Strongs: H3978 (מַאֲכָל)
af2) tlkam (מאכלת MAKLT) - Knife: What is used for preparing and eating food. KJV (4): knife - Strongs: H3979 (מַאֲכֶלֶת)
bf1) elika (אכילה AKYLH) - Food: KJV (1): meat - Strongs: H396 (אֲכִילָה)
gm) lkfa (אוכל AWKL) - Food: KJV (44): meat, food, eating, victuals, prey - Strongs: H400 (אֹכֶל)
acf2) tlfkam (מאכולת MAKWLT) - Fuel: Is used cooking food. KJV (2): fuel - Strongs: H3980 (מַאֲכֹלֶת)
E) alk (כלא KLA) AC: Restrain CO: Prison AB: ?: A prison or fold for restraining men or animals in the sense of whole.
V) alk (כלא KLA) - Restrain: To hold back or prevent someone or something. KJV (18): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) shut up, stay, refrain, withhold, keep, finish, forbid, retain - Strongs: H3607 (כָּלָא)
Nm) alk (כלא KLA) - Prison: KJV (10): prison - Strongs: H3608 (כֶּלֶא)
bm) ailk (כליא KLYA) - Prison: [df: awlk] KJV (2): prison - Strongs: H3628 (כְּלִיא)
e m ) alik (כילא KYLA) - Mixture: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (4): mingle, diverse - Strongs: H3610 (כִּלְאַיִם)
hf1) ealkm (מכלאה MKLAH) - Fold: KJV (3): fold - Strongs: H4356 (מִכְלָה)
F) lke (הכל HKL) AC: ? CO: House AB: ?: An enclosure for a resident god or king in the sense of whole.
em) lkie (היכל HYKL) - House: The house of a god (temple) or king (palace) . [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (93): temple, palace - Strongs: H1964 (הֵיכָל), H1965 (הֵיכַל)
G) lek (כהל KHL) AC: Able CO: ? AB: ?: One who is whole or complete is able to do or perform something.
V) lek (כהל KHL) - Able: [Aramaic only] KJV (4): (vf: Paal) able, could - Strongs: H3546 (כְּהַל)
H) elk (כלה KLH) AC: Complete CO: ? AB: ?
V) elk (כלה KLH) - Complete: To bring something to its completion. KJV (206): (vf: Paal, Pual, Piel) consume, end, finish, fail, accomplish, done, spend, determine, away, fulfill, faint, destroy, left, waste - Strongs: H3615 (כָּלָה)
Nm) elk (כלה KLH) - Failing: Something that is incomplete. KJV (1): fail - Strongs: H3616 (כָּלֶה)
hf1) elkm (מכלה MKLH) - Completion: KJV (1): perfect - Strongs: H4357 (מִכְלוֹת)
J) lfk (כול KWL) AC: Sustain CO: Food AB: ?
V) lfk (כול KWL) - Sustain: To provide what is needed to make someone or something whole or complete. KJV (37): (vf: Paal, Pilpel) contain, feed, sustain, abide, nourish, hold, receive, victual, bear, comprehend - Strongs: H3557 (כּוּל)
Nm) lfk (כול KWL) - All: KJV (120): everything, all, whosoever, nothing, yet - Strongs: H3605 (כּוֹל), H3606 (כֹּל)
af2) tlfkm (מכולת MKWLT) - Food: What sustains. KJV (1): food - Strongs: H4361 (מַכֹּלֶת)
L) lki (יכל YKL) AC: Able CO: Vessel AB: ?: One who is whole or complete is able to do or perform something.
V) lki (יכל YKL) - Able: [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: lyky] KJV (107): (vf: Paal) can, able, prevail, may, endure, might - Strongs: H3201 (יָכוֹל), H3202 (יְכִיל)
hm ) lkim (מיכל MYKL) - Vessel: A container of holding water. KJV (1): brook - Strongs: H4323 (מִיכָל)
M) lik (כיל KYL) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Villain: One who is held in a prison.
fm) ilik (כילי KYLY) - Villain: KJV (2): churl - Strongs: H3596 (כֵּלַי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 in General, article, object, made of any material, thing, especially thing of value זָהָב׳כ 1 Samuel 6:8,15 (images of mice, etc.), personal or household property Genesis 31:37 (twice in verse) (E; v b כֹּל כְּלֵיבֵֿיתֶ֑ךָ), Genesis 45:20 (E), כְּלֵי בֵיתֿטוֺבִיָּהוּ Nehemiah 13:18; Joshua 7:11 (JE), כֶּסֶף אוֺ כֵּלִים Exodus 22:6 (E) money or articles (property), כְּלִימָּֿ֑ז Job 28:17 (apparently collective); things carried, plural = stuff, load, baggage ( impedimenta) 1 Samuel 17:22 (twice in verse), apparently = baggage-train 1 Samuel 10:22; 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 30:24; Isaiah 10:28; (compare Genesis 31:37 above); כְּלֵי גוֺלָה things of exile, i.e. the most necessary articles, such as exiles may take, Jeremiah 46:19; Ezekiel 12:3,4 b; Ezekiel 12:7b, compare Ezekiel 12:4a, Ezekiel 12:7a; = ornaments or jewels Genesis 24:53 (J; זָהָב׳כֶסֶף וכ ׳כ, probably = ornaments), זהב׳כסף וכ ׳כ also Exodus 3:22; Exodus 11:2; Exodus 12:35 (all E); Isaiah 61:10; Exodus 35:22; Numbers 31:50, כְּלֵי מַעֲשֶׂה Numbers 31:51 (all P), כְּלִי יְקָר Proverbs 20:15 (in figurative), תִפְאַרְתֵּךְ׳כ Ezekiel 16:17,39; Ezekiel 23:26 ( all in figure); כְּלֵי נְחשֶׁת as merchandise Ezekiel 27:13; כֵּלִים as cargo of ship Jonah 1:5; כסף וזהב וּכְלֵי נְחשֶׁתוּבַרְזֶל Joshua 6:19,24 (J E; spoil of war); of any household article (on which one sits) Leviticus 15:4,6,22,23,26 (all P); of skin Numbers 31:20, or wood Numbers 31:20 (P); כְּלִיחֶמְדָּה Nahum 2:10 precious thing, so Hosea 13:15 (figurative), Jeremiah 25:34 (simile), 2 Chronicles 32:27; Daniel 11:8, כלי חֲמֻדוֺת 2 Chronicles 20:25 (apparently = ornaments); also כְּלִי אֵיןחֵֿפֶץ בּוֺ Jeremiah 22:28 (figurative of Coniah, "" עֶצֶב נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ), Hosea 8:8 (simile; compare Jeremiah 48:38 below); specifically of garments (one's 'things'): כְּלִיגֶֿבֶר Deuteronomy 22:5 ("" שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה), so כְּלִיֿעוֺר Leviticus 13:49 (compare מְלֶאכֶת עוֺר Leviticus 13:48), Leviticus 13:52; Leviticus 13:53; Leviticus 13:57; Leviticus 13:58; Leviticus 13:59 (all P).
2 utensil, implement, apparatus:
a. implement of hunting and (especially) war, = weapon Genesis 27:3 (J), 1 Samuel 20:40; 1 Samuel 21:9 (גַּם חַרְבִּי וְגַם כֵּלַי), 1 Kings 11:8 2 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Kings 11:11; Isaiah 54:16,17; Jeremiah 22:7; probably also Numbers 35:32, כְּלִי בַּרְזֶל Numbers 35:16, כְּלִי עֵץיָֿד Numbers 35:18 (all P); כְּלֵיחָמָם Genesis 49:5 (poem); כְּלִי מַשְׁחֵתוֺ Ezekiel 9:1, מַמָּצוֺ׳כ Ezekiel 9:2; figurative of God's weapons כְּלֵימָֿוֶת Psalm 7:14 ("" חִצָּיו); זַעְמוֺ׳כ Isaiah 13:5; Jeremiah 50:25; of entire equipment of warrior, armour or armament offensive and defensive 1 Samuel 17:54 (compare 1 Samuel 17:5 ff.), 1 Samuel 21:6 (twice in verse) (see Dr Sm 139. 293), 1 Samuel 31:9,10 = 1 Chronicles 10:9,10; hence נשֵֹׁא כֵלִים (כֵּלָיוׅ armour#NAME? weapon-bearer Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 14:1,6,7,12 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:13 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:14,17; 1 Samuel 16:21; 1 Samuel 31:4 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 31:5,6 = 1 Chronicles 10:4 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 10:5,2Samuel 18:15; 2 Samuel 23:37 = 1 Chronicles 11:39; figurative וְכֵלַי כֵּלָיו רָעִים Isaiah 32:7 and a knave, his weapons (i.e. devices, Che 'machinations') are evil; more precisely כְּלֵי מִלְחָמָה Judges 18:11,16,17; 1 Samuel 8:12; 2 Samuel 1:27; Deuteronomy 1:41; Jeremiah 21:4; Jeremiah 50:20 (figurative), Ezekiel 32:27; 1 Chronicles 12:34 (van d. H v. 1 Chronicles 12:33); כְּלֵי צְבָא מִלְחָמָה 1 Chronicles 12:38 (van d. H v. 1 Chronicles 12:37); כְּלֵי קְרָב Ecclesiastes 9:18; בֵּית כֵּלָיו 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2 is perhaps armoury; ׳כ Ezekiel 40:42 is sacrificial knife.
b. instrument of music כְּלֵי(הַ)שִּׁיר Amos 6:5; 1 Chronicles 15:16; 1 Chronicles 16:42; 2 Chronicles 5:13; 7:6; 23:13; 34:12; כְּלֵי דָוִיד 2 Chronicles 29:26,27, שִֿׁיר דָּוִיד׳כ Nehemiah 12:36; כְּלִי נֶבֶל Psalm 71:22, נְבָלִים׳כ 1 Chronicles 16:5; כֵּלִים alone 1 Chronicles 23:5, compare Numbers 31:6 (P; כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ); — for בִּכְלֵי עֹז (ליהוהׅ 2 Chronicles 30:21 read בְּכָלעֹֿז (Kau AT, compare Be).
c. implement of labour, tool בַרְזֶל׳כ 1 Kings 6:7, or of one's calling, pursuit קַחלְֿךָ כְּלִי רֹעֶה אֱוִלִי Zechariah 11:15 (otherwise 1 Samuel 17:40, see 3).
d. equipment of oxen (yoke, etc.) 2 Samuel 24:22; 1 Kings 19:21.
e.כְּלֵי רִכְכּוֺ 1 Samuel 8:22 his chariot-equipments.
f. as General term for utensils and furniture of Solomon's palace 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20; especially (very often) of tabernacle Exodus 25:9,39; Exodus 27:3 #NAME? 1 Kings 7:45,47,48; 2 Kings 12:14 +; of both palace and temple Jeremiah 27:18,19,21; combinations are כְּלֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 27:19, הַמִּזְבֵּחַ׳כ Exodus 38:3, יהוה׳כ Isaiah 52:11, ׳בֵית י׳כ Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 28:3,6; Ezra 1:7, ׳כְּלֵי חֶמְדַּת בֵּית י 2 Chronicles 36:10, בֵית׳כ אֱלֹהִים 2 Chronicles 28:24 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 36:18; Nehemiah 13:9; Daniel 1:2, הַמִּקְדָּשׁ׳כ Nehemiah 10:40; הַשָּׁרֵת׳כ Numbers 4:12 utensil of ministry, עֲבֹדָתָם׳כ Numbers 4:26; 1 Chronicles 9:28; 1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse), ׳עֲבוֺדַת בֵּית י׳כ 1 Chronicles 28:13, מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם׳כ Numbers 4:32; also הַקֹּדֶשׁ׳כ 1 Kings 8:4; 1 Chronicles 9:29; of appliances of idol-workship 2 Kings 23:4.
3 vessel, receptacle, of various materials and for various purposes Genesis 43:11 (J); 1 Samuel 9:7; Deuteronomy 23:25; = sack Genesis 42:25 (E; שַׂק in "" clause, compare אַמְתַּחַת Genesis 42:27); כְּלִי הָרֹעִים shepherd's bag or wallet 1 Samuel 17:40, compare 1 Samuel 17:49; חֶרֶשׂ׳כ Jeremiah 32:14 is earthen-ware receptacle for deed of sale; for liquids 1 Kings 17:10; 2 Kings 4:3 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 4:4,6 (3t. in verse), מַשְׁקֶה׳כ 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20, כְּלֵי שַׁמְנָהּ Numbers 4:9, compare Numbers 4:10; וְלֹא הוּרַק מִכְּלִי אֶלכֶּֿ֑לִי Jeremiah 48:11 (figurative), compare Jeremiah 48:12 ("" נְבָלִים); for cooking Leviticus 6:21 (חֶרֶשׂ׳כ), Leviticus 6:21 (נְחשֶׁת׳כ); see also (הַ)יּוֺצֵר 2 Samuel 17:28; Jeremiah 19:11 (simile), Psalm 2:9 (simile), לַצֹּרֵף כֶּ֑לִי Proverbs 25:4; ׳כפָתוּחַ Numbers 19:15 an open ( uncovered) vessel. טָהוֺר׳כ Isaiah 66:20 a clean vessel; figurative of Eliakim's relatives כְּלֵי הַקָּטָ֑ן מִכְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֺת וְעַד כָּלכְּֿלֵי הַנְּבָלִים Isaiah 22:24 the vessels of smallness (Da Synt. § 32, R. 5), from the basin-vessels to all the pitcher-vessels.
4 specifically כְּלֵיגֹֿמֶא Isaiah 18:2 vessels (boats) of paper-reed.
II. כלה (√ of following; meaning unknown).
כְּלִי m. in pause כֶּ֑לִי pl. כֵּלִים (from the lost sing. כֵּלֶה const. כְּלֵי properly whatever is made, completed, or prepared, from the root כָּלָה, a word of very general import, like the Germ. Zeug from zeugen, i.e. to complete = τεύχειν, specially
(1) any utensil, vessel. Genesis 31:37, 45:20. כְּלֵי זָהָב, כְּלֵי כֶסֶף vessels of gold, of silver (Silberzeug. Exodus 3:22, 11:2. כְּלֵי בֵית־יְהֹוָה Ezra 1:7, and כְּלֵי יְהֹוָה Isaiah 52:11, the vessels of the temple. כְּלֵי גוֹלָה vessels of wandering, outfit for exile (Wanderzeug), Jeremiah 46:19.
(2) clothing (Zeug), ornaments. כְּלִי גֶבֶר a man’s clothing, Deuteronomy 22:5 used of the ornaments of a bride, Isaiah 61:10 also of yokes for oxen, 2 Samuel 24:22.
(3) a vessel for sailing (Fahrzeug). Isaiah 18:2.
(4) an implement, a tool (Werkzeug). בְלֶי שִׁיר musical instruments, 2 Chronicles 34:12; Amos 6:5. כְּלִי־נֶבֶל pleon. instrument of a psaltery, Psalms 71:22. Metaph. כְּלֵי זַעַם יְהֹוָה instruments of the indignation of Jehovah. Isai. 13:5 Jeremiah 50:25. Isai. 32:7, כֵּלַי כֵּלָיו רָעִים “(as to) the deceiver his instruments are evil,” i.e. the devices which he uses to carry out his plans. Genesis 49:5.
(5) arms, weapons (Rüftzeug), Genesis 27:3 more fully, [כְּלֵי] מִלְחָמָה Judges 18:11, 16 Judges 18:16. כְּלֵי־מָוֶת deadly weapons, Psalms 7:14. נֹשֵׂא כֵלִים an armour-bearer, 1 Samuel 14:1, 1 Samuel 14:6,, seq.; 31:4, Psalms 31:5,. בֵּית כֵּלִים an armoury (Zeughaus). Isaiah 39:2.