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Strong's #3627 - כְּלִי

Transliteration

kᵉlîy

Phonetics

kel-ee'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H3615)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

982g

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) article, vessel, implement, utensil

1a) article, object (general)

1b) utensil, implement, apparatus, vessel

1b1) implement (of hunting or war)

1b2) implement (of music)

1b3) implement, tool (of labour)

1b4) equipment, yoke (of oxen)

1b5) utensils, furniture

1c) vessel, receptacle (general)

1d) vessels (boats) of paper-reed

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 30 ‑ ἀγγεῖον (ang‑eye'‑on); 30 ‑ ἀγγεῖον (ang‑eye'‑on); 1012 ‑ βουλή (boo‑lay'); 1992 ‑ ἐπιστολή (ep‑is‑tol‑ay'); 2041 ‑ ἔργον (er'‑gon); 2889 ‑ κόσμος (kos'‑mos); 3696 ‑ ὅπλον (hop'‑lon); 4221 ‑ ποτήριον (pot‑ay'‑ree‑on); 4632 ‑ σκεῦος (skyoo'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (305)

Genesis 9

Exodus 34

Leviticus 22

Numbers 31

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 3

Judges 3

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 21

2 Samuel 7

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 17

1 Chronicles 18

2 Chronicles 33

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 5

Esther 3

Job 1

Psalms 4

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 14

Jeremiah 26

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 3

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 1

NAS (311)

Genesis 9

Exodus 34

Leviticus 21

Numbers 30

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 3

Judges 4

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 33

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 17

1 Chronicles 23

2 Chronicles 32

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 5

Esther 2

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 27

Ezekiel 14

Daniel 3

Hosea 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 1

HCS (308)

Genesis 8

Exodus 31

Leviticus 22

Numbers 31

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 3

Judges 4

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 31

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 14

1 Chronicles 21

2 Chronicles 32

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 5

Esther 3

Job 1

Psalms 4

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 27

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 3

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 1

BSB (325)

Genesis 9

Exodus 34

Leviticus 22

Numbers 31

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 3

Judges 4

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 33

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 17

1 Chronicles 23

2 Chronicles 33

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 5

Esther 3

Job 1

Psalms 4

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 14

Jeremiah 27

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 3

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 1

ESV (258)

Genesis 9

Leviticus 21

Numbers 31

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 3

Judges 3

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 20

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 17

2 Chronicles 32

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 5

Esther 2

Job 1

Psalms 3

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 27

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 3

Hosea 2

Jonah 1

Zechariah 1

WEB (304)

Genesis 7

Exodus 34

Leviticus 22

Numbers 31

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 3

Judges 3

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 21

2 Samuel 7

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 17

1 Chronicles 19

2 Chronicles 33

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 5

Esther 2

Job 1

Psalms 4

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 14

Jeremiah 27

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 3

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 1

KJV (305)

another 1

armour 10

artillery 1

bag 2

carriage 2

carriages 1

furniture 7

instrument 2

instruments 36

jewel 1

jewels 20

made 2

pertaineth 1

pot 1

psalteries 1

psaltery 1

sacks 1

stuff 14

thing 11

tool 1

vessel 33

vessels 132

wares 1

weapon 4

weapons 17

whatsoever 1

NAS (311)

armor 24

article 10

articles 30

bag 2

baggage 12

bags 2

basket 1

cargo 1

clothing 1

equipment 7

furnishings 10

furniture 4

gear 1

goods 6

implements 2

instruments 14

items 1

jar 2

jars 1

jewels 3

kinds 1

object 3

pots 1

pottery 1

sack 1

thing 5

things 3

tool 1

utensils 66

vessel 28

vessels 38

weapon 5

weapons 23

yokes 1

HCS (308)

another 1

articles 1

containers 1

dish 1

equipment 1

items 1

one container 1

vase 1

weapons 2

* 25

Goliath's weapons 1

I had the articles 1

My weapons 1

a harp 1

a jar 3

a vessel 1

a weapon 1

armor 4

article 7

articles 32

bag 2

bags 6

belongings 2

bowl 1

bowls 1

cargo 1

clothing 1

container 5

containers 4

cup 1

cups 2

cut them 1

each 1

equipment 8

furnishings 7

furniture 5

goblets 1

goods 2

hunting gear 1

implement 1

instruments 10

item 3

items 5

jar 3

jars 2

jewelry 7

object 3

objects 4

of the equipment 1

of the vessels 1

of weapons 1

packs 2

possessions 2

pot 5

pottery 3

storage jar 1

storage jars 1

supplies 4

the articles 11

the equipment 6

the furnishings 1

the instruments 2

the items 1

the other furnishings 1

the tools 1

the utensils 7

the vessels 1

the weapons 3

their equipment 1

thing 1

things 1

tool 1

treasure 1

utensil 1

utensils 42

vessel 2

vessels 3

weapon 2

weapons 15

with a war club 1

with her jewels 1

with weapons 2

wooden yoke 1

yokes 1

BSB (325)

* 29

But the vessel 1

His weapons 1

My weapon 1

The weapons 1

[some] of the articles 1

[them] 1

[with] a weapon 1

a jar 2

a weapon 1

all the jars 1

and 3

and I had the articles 1

and a vessel 1

and all the articles 1

and articles 1

and equip 1

and equipment 1

and instruments 1

and other articles 1

and other objects 1

and sacred articles 2

and the weapons 2

and their utensils 1

and these articles [are] 1

are weapons 1

armor 1

article 8

articles 22

as well as the jars 1

bag 1

cargo 1

clothing 1

container 3

cups 2

cut them 1

each 1

equipment 1

for articles 1

from their bowls 1

from vessel 1

furnishings 2

furniture 5

good 1

goods 2

his armor 6

his bag 1

his equipment 1

his supplies 1

his vessels 1

his weapons 2

implement 1

in a cup 1

in an array of goblets 1

in our packs 1

in your packs 1

in your storage jars 1

instruments 8

its articles 1

its equipment 1

its furnishings 5

its utensils 18

jar 4

jars 3

jewelry 5

jewels 1

my bags 1

my goods 1

my weapons 1

nor jewels 1

object 3

objects 2

of articles 1

of the articles 3

of weapon 1

of weapons 1

pot 6

pottery 1

supplies 1

than weapons 1

that belongs to you 1

that the articles 1

the [temple] articles 1

the articles 22

the baggage 1

the equipment 5

the furnishings 7

the instruments 1

the items 1

the jars 1

the other articles 1

the other furnishings 1

the supplies 2

the utensils 7

the vessels 3

the weapons 1

their equipment 2

their goods 1

their jars 1

these articles 1

thing 1

to fill their bags 1

to the furnishings 1

tool 1

treasure 1

utensil 1

utensils 5

vessel 6

vessels 4

weapon 1

weapons 1

with a weapon 1

with articles 1

with her jewels 1

with his weapons 1

with its accessories 1

with its utensils 1

with the harp 1

with the instruments 2

with their own possessions 1

with their weapons 2

with weapons 4

yokes 1

your baggage 1

your bags 2

your basket 1

your belongings 1

your weapons 1

ESV (258)

accessories 1

and 2

anything 4

armor 7

armory 1

article 9

articles 6

bag 2

baggage 11

bags 2

belongings 1

both 1

cargo 1

devices 1

equipment 6

everything 1

figures 2

furnishings 6

furniture 2

garment 1

goods 4

implements 1

instruments 10

jewel 1

jewelry 1

jewels 5

object 1

objects 1

of 3

play 1

sacks 1

thing 1

things 5

tool 2

utensils 11

vessel 32

vessels 82

weapon 5

weapons 21

which 1

yokes 2

WEB (304)

* 11

All the instruments 1

All the vessels 2

Moreover all the vessels 1

No weapon 1

The ways 1

When the vessel 1

a weapon 1

all its instruments 1

all its vessels 4

all jewels 1

all of its vessels 1

all the furnishings 1

all the instruments 1

all the vessels 9

all these vessels 1

also with instruments 1

and all its articles 1

and all its furnishings 1

and all its furniture 1

and all its vessels 5

and all that is made 1

and all the furniture 1

and all the instruments 1

and all the vessels 7

and all their vessels 1

and every vessel 1

and everything 2

and for all the vessels 1

and he had with him all kinds of vessels 1

and his armor 1

and instruments 1

and its accessories 1

and its furnishings 1

and its vessels 1

and jewels 3

and material 1

and on all the vessels 1

and over all its furnishings 1

and over all the vessels 1

and the instruments 1

and the vessels 8

and the weapons 2

and the yokes 1

and vessels 10

and weapons 1

any in your vessel 1

any vessel thereon 1

any vessels 1

anything 1

are weapons 1

armor 1

as stuff 2

bag 1

by the baggage 2

clothing 1

concerning the vessels 1

containers 2

even all these vessels 1

even in vessels 1

even to all the 1

even vessels 1

every 1

for all the vessels 1

for all vessels 2

for himself the instruments 1

for jewels 1

for themselves instruments 1

for yourself yet again the equipment 1

from vessel 1

furniture 1

herself with her jewels 1

him with a weapon 1

him with an instrument 1

himself among the baggage 1

his armor 6

his baggage 2

his instruments 1

his vessels 1

his weapons 1

in a vessel 1

in anything 1

in every such vessel 1

in his bag 1

in our vessels 1

in your bags 1

instruments 3

into all those containers 1

is he a vessel 1

it among their own stuff 1

it and all its vessels 1

jewel 1

jewels 10

kinds 1

like a vessel 1

me another container 1

my stuff 1

nor any tool 1

nor my weapons 1

of all of its furniture 1

of all these vessels 2

of his armor 2

of jewels 1

of the baggage 1

of the vessels 4

on anything 1

on him anything 1

on his weapons 1

on it all its vessels 1

or anything 1

or in anything 3

or on anything 1

or stuff 1

or vessels 1

or whatever thing 1

over the furniture 1

pottery 1

shall their vessels 1

stringed instruments 1

stuff 1

than weapons 1

that the vessels 1

the cargo 1

the instruments 2

the jewels 1

the storehouse 1

the vessels 11

the weapons 2

their bags 1

them in your vessels 1

thereto in a vessel 1

thing 1

things is in their vessels 1

to the vessels 2

to vessel 1

together with the instruments 1

vessel 16

vessels 18

vessels of it 1

weapon 2

whatever vessel 1

where are the vessels 1

whether it is any vessel 1

with all its furniture 1

with all its utensils 1

with all its vessels 7

with all kinds of instruments 1

with all their instruments 1

with all these accessories 1

with his weapons 4

with instruments 2

with its vessels 1

with the instruments 3

with the vessels 1

with their vessels 1

with their weapons 2

with vessels 1

with weapons 2

you with the harp 1

your stuff 2

your weapons 1

yourself to go into captivity 1

yourselves about your belongings 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1242) l k (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) l k (כל KL) AC: Complete CO: Vessel AB: Whole: A container for holding contents. Something that is full or whole.

N^f1) e l k (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)

f^m) i l k (כלי KLY) - Vessel: For carrying or storing various materials. KJV (325): vessel, instrument, weapon, jewel, stuff, thing, armour, furniture, carriage, bag - Strongs: H3627 (כְּלִי)

f^f1) e i l k (כליה KLYH) - Kidney: The organ as a vessel. The seat of emotion. KJV (31): kidneys, reins - Strongs: H3629 (כִּלְיָה)

i^f1) e l k t (תכלה TKLH) - Completion: KJV (1): perfection - Strongs: H8502 (תִּכְלָה)

i^f2) t l k t (תכלת TKLT) - Blue: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (50): blue - Strongs: H8504 (תְּכֵלֶת)

i^f4) t i l k t (תכלית TKLYT) - Boundary: The ends of the whole. KJV (5): end, perfection, perfect - Strongs: H8503 (תַּכְלִית)

fj^m) n f i l k (כליונ KLYWN) - Failure: A complete destruction or failure of something. KJV (2): failing, consumption - Strongs: H3631 (כִּלָּיוֹן)

B) l l k (כלל KLL) AC: Complete CO: ? AB: Whole: Something that is whole or a container that holds something completely.

V) l l k (כלל KLL) - Complete: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (10): (vf: Paal) perfect, finish - Strongs: H3634 (כָּלַל), H3635 (כְּלַל)

N^f1) e l l k (כללה KLLH) - Bride: The one added to the man to make him complete. KJV (34): daughter-in-law, bride, spouse - Strongs: H3618 (כַּלָּה)

b^m) l i l k (כליל KLYL) - Complete: KJV (15): perfect, wholly, perfection, utterly, whole - Strongs: H3632 (כָּלִיל)

d^f1) e l f l k (כלולה KLWLH) - Bridehood: In the sense of becoming complete. KJV (1): espousal - Strongs: H3623 (כְּלוּלֹת)

h^m) l l k m (מכלל MKLL) - Complete: KJV (1): perfection - Strongs: H4359 (מִכְלָל)

hc^m) l f l k m (מכלול MKLWL) - Complete: KJV (2): gorgeously, sorts - Strongs: H4358 (מִכְלוֹל)

hd^m) l f l k m (מכלול MKLWL) - Choice: In the sense of being whole and complete. KJV (1): all - Strongs: H4360 (מַכְלֻל)

C) l k a (אכל AKL) AC: Eat CO: Food AB: ?: Through sustenance one becomes whole and satisfied.

V) l k a (אכל AKL) - Eat: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (817): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual, Piel) eat, devour, consume - Strongs: H398 (אָכַל), H399 (אֲכַל)

N^f1) e l k a (אכלה AKLH) - Food: KJV (18): meat, devour, fuel, eat, consume, food - Strongs: H402 (אָכְלָה)

a^m) l k a m (מאכל MAKL) - Food: KJV (30): meat, food, fruit, manner, victual - Strongs: H3978 (מַאֲכָל)

a^f2) t l k a m (מאכלת MAKLT) - Knife: What is used for preparing and eating food. KJV (4): knife - Strongs: H3979 (מַאֲכֶלֶת)

b^f1) e l i k a (אכילה AKYLH) - Food: KJV (1): meat - Strongs: H396 (אֲכִילָה)

g^m) l k f a (אוכל AWKL) - Food: KJV (44): meat, food, eating, victuals, prey - Strongs: H400 (אֹכֶל)

ac^f2) t l f k a m (מאכולת MAKWLT) - Fuel: Is used cooking food. KJV (2): fuel - Strongs: H3980 (מַאֲכֹלֶת)

E) a l k (כלא KLA) AC: Restrain CO: Prison AB: ?: A prison or fold for restraining men or animals in the sense of whole.

V) a l k (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)

N^m) a l k (כלא KLA) - Prison: KJV (10): prison - Strongs: H3608 (כֶּלֶא)

b^m) a i l k (כליא KLYA) - Prison: [df: awlk] KJV (2): prison - Strongs: H3628 (כְּלִיא)

e ^m ) a l i k (כילא KYLA) - Mixture: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (4): mingle, diverse - Strongs: H3610 (כִּלְאַיִם)

h^f1) e a l k m (מכלאה MKLAH) - Fold: KJV (3): fold - Strongs: H4356 (מִכְלָה)

F) l k e (הכל HKL) AC: ? CO: House AB: ?: An enclosure for a resident god or king in the sense of whole.

e^m) l k i e (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) l e k (כהל KHL) AC: Able CO: ? AB: ?: One who is whole or complete is able to do or perform something.

V) l e k (כהל KHL) - Able: [Aramaic only] KJV (4): (vf: Paal) able, could - Strongs: H3546 (כְּהַל)

H) e l k (כלה KLH) AC: Complete CO: ? AB: ?

V) e l k (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)

N^m) e l k (כלה KLH) - Failing: Something that is incomplete. KJV (1): fail - Strongs: H3616 (כָּלֶה)

h^f1) e l k m (מכלה MKLH) - Completion: KJV (1): perfect - Strongs: H4357 (מִכְלוֹת)

J) l f k (כול KWL) AC: Sustain CO: Food AB: ?

V) l f k (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)

N^m) l f k (כול KWL) - All: KJV (120): everything, all, whosoever, nothing, yet - Strongs: H3605 (כּוֹל), H3606 (כֹּל)

a^f2) t l f k m (מכולת MKWLT) - Food: What sustains. KJV (1): food - Strongs: H4361 (מַכֹּלֶת)

L) l k i (יכל YKL) AC: Able CO: Vessel AB: ?: One who is whole or complete is able to do or perform something.

V) l k i (יכל YKL) - Able: [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: lyky] KJV (107): (vf: Paal) can, able, prevail, may, endure, might - Strongs: H3201 (יָכוֹל), H3202 (יְכִיל)

h^m ) l k i m (מיכל MYKL) - Vessel: A container of holding water. KJV (1): brook - Strongs: H4323 (מִיכָל)

M) l i k (כיל KYL) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Villain: One who is held in a prison.

f^m) i l i k (כילי KYLY) - Villain: KJV (2): churl - Strongs: H3596 (כֵּלַי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

כְּלִי₃₂₄ noun masculine^{Hosea 8:8} article, utensil, vessel (Late Hebrew id.; according to Thes from כלה = conficere, like German Zeug from zeugen; properly therefore anything finished, made, produced; according to Ba^{ZMG 1887,605} from meaning enclose, contain; he finds plural of כְּלִי in כלאי M-I:23 (compare כלאים)) — ׳כ absolute Jeremiah 18:4 +; הַכֶּ֑לִי 1 Samuel 17:49; 1 Samuel 21:6; construct כְּלִי Hosea 13:15 +; suffix כֶּלְיְךָ Deuteronomy 23:25; plural כֵּלִים Exodus 22:6 +; construct כְּלֵי Genesis 24:53 +; suffix כֵּלַי Genesis 31:37 2t.; כֵּלֶיךָ Genesis 27:3; Ezekiel 12:4; כֵּלֵינוּ 1 Samuel 9:7; כְּלֵיכֶם Genesis 43:11 +; כְּלֵיהֶם Joshua 7:11 +; —

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).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

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.

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List of Word Forms

בִּכְלִ֣י בִּכְלִ֤י בִּכְלִ֥י בִּכְלִ֨י בִּכְלִי־ בִּכְלֵ֣י בִּכְלֵ֤י בִּכְלֵֽי־ בִּכְלֵי־ בִּכְלֵיכֶ֔ם בִכְלִי־ בִכְלֵיהֶֽם׃ בַּכְּלִ֖י בַּכֵּלִ֕ים בַּכֶּֽלִי׃ בכלי בכלי־ בכלי׃ בכליהם׃ בכליכם בכלים הַ֠כֵּלִים הַכְּלִ֔י הַכְּלִ֗י הַכְּלִ֛י הַכְּלִי֙ הַכֵּלִ֑ים הַכֵּלִ֔ים הַכֵּלִ֖ים הַכֵּלִ֗ים הַכֵּלִ֜ים הַכֵּלִ֣ים הַכֵּלִ֣ים ׀ הַכֵּלִ֥ים הַכֵּלִֽים׃ הַכֵּלִים֙ הַכֶּ֗לִי הכלי הכלים הכלים׃ וְהַכֵּלִ֑ים וְהַכֵּלִ֖ים וְהַכֵּלִ֗ים וְהַכֵּלִ֜ים וְכֵלִ֔ים וְכֵלִ֖ים וְכֵלִֽים׃ וְכֵלָ֑יו וְכֵלָ֣יו וּבְכֵלָֽיו׃ וּבִכְלִ֤י וּבִכְלֵ֣י וּבִכְלֵי־ וּכְלִ֣י וּכְלִ֥י וּכְלִי־ וּכְלֵ֖י וּכְלֵ֣י וּכְלֵ֤י וּכְלֵ֥י וּכְלֵ֨י וּכְלֵֽי־ וּכְלֵי֙ וּכְלֵי־ וּמִכְּלֵי֙ ובכלי ובכלי־ ובכליו׃ והכלים וכלי וכלי־ וכליו וכלים וכלים׃ ומכלי כְּלִ֔י כְּלִ֕י כְּלִ֖י כְּלִ֞י כְּלִ֣י כְּלִ֤י כְּלִ֥י כְּלִי־ כְּלֵ֖י כְּלֵ֛י כְּלֵ֞י כְּלֵ֣י כְּלֵ֤י כְּלֵ֥י כְּלֵ֧י כְּלֵ֨י כְּלֵֽי־ כְּלֵי֙ כְּלֵי־ כְּלֵיהֶ֔ם כְּלֵיהֶ֛ם כְּלֵיהֶֽם׃ כְּלֵיהֶם֮ כְּלֵיכֶ֑ם כְלִ֖י כְלִֽי־ כְלִי־ כְלֵ֧י כְלֵֽי־ כְלֵיהֶם֙ כִּכְלִ֖י כִּכְלִ֛י כִּכְלִ֥י כִּכְלֵ֤י כִּכְלֵ֥י כֵּ֠לַי כֵּלִ֥ים כֵּלִים֙ כֵּלֶ֑יהָ כֵּלֶ֔יהָ כֵּלֶ֖יהָ כֵּלֶֽיהָ׃ כֵּלַ֗י כֵּלַי֙ כֵּלָ֑יו כֵּלָ֔יו כֵּלָ֖יו כֵּלָ֗יו כֵּלָ֞יו כֵּלָ֣יו כֵּלָֽיו׃ כֵּלָיו֮ כֵלִ֤ים כֵלִֽים׃ כֵלִים֙ כֵלֶ֔יךָ כֵלֶ֜יךָ כֵלֶֽיהָ׃ כֵלָ֔יו כֵלָ֖יו כֵלָ֗יו כֵלָ֜יו כֵלָֽיו׃ כֵלָיו֙ כֶּ֑לִי כֶּ֔לִי כֶּֽלִי׃ כֶּלְיְךָ֖ ככלי כלי כלי־ כלי׃ כליה כליה׃ כליהם כליהם׃ כליו כליו׃ כליך כליכם כלים כלים׃ מִכְּלִי֙ מִכְּלֵ֣י מִכְּלֵי֙ מִכֵּלִ֣ים מִכֵּלֵ֔ינוּ מכלי מכלים מכלינו bak·ke·lî bak·kə·lî bak·kê·lîm bakKeli bakkelî bakkəlî bakkeLim bakkêlîm bichlei bichleiChem bichLi biḵ·lê biḵ·lê- ḇiḵ·lê·hem biḵ·lê·ḵem biḵ·lî biḵ·lî- ḇiḵ·lî- biḵlê biḵlê- ḇiḵlêhem biḵlêḵem biḵlî biḵlî- ḇiḵlî- cheLav chelei cheLeicha cheLeiha cheleiHem cheli cheLim hak·ke·lî hak·kə·lî hak·kê·lîm hakkeLi hakkelî hakkəlî hakkeLim hakkêlîm kê·lāw ḵê·lāw kê·lay kə·lê ḵə·lê kə·lê- ḵə·lê- kê·le·hā ḵê·le·hā kə·lê·hem ḵə·lê·hem ḵê·le·ḵā kə·lê·ḵem ke·lî kə·lî ḵə·lî kə·lî- ḵə·lî- kê·lîm ḵê·lîm kel·yə·ḵā keLai keLav kêlāw ḵêlāw kêlay kəlê ḵəlê kəlê- ḵəlê- kêlehā ḵêlehā kəlêhem ḵəlêhem kelei keleiChem keLeiha keleiHem ḵêleḵā kəlêḵem keLi kelî kəlî ḵəlî kəlî- ḵəlî- keLim kêlîm ḵêlîm kelyeCha kelyəḵā kichLei kichLi kiḵ·lê kiḵ·lî kiḵlê kiḵlî mik·kə·lê mik·kê·lê·nū mik·kə·lî mik·kê·lîm mikkəlê mikkeLei mikkeLeinu mikkêlênū mikkeLi mikkəlî mikkeLim mikkêlîm ū·ḇə·ḵê·lāw ū·ḇiḵ·lê ū·ḇiḵ·lê- ū·ḇiḵ·lî ū·ḵə·lê ū·ḵə·lê- ū·ḵə·lî ū·ḵə·lî- ū·mik·kə·lê ūḇəḵêlāw ūḇiḵlê ūḇiḵlê- ūḇiḵlî ucheLei ucheli ūḵəlê ūḵəlê- ūḵəlî ūḵəlî- ūmikkəlê umikkeLei uvecheLav uvichLei uvichLi vecheLav vecheLim vehakkeLim vichleiHem vichli wə·hak·kê·lîm wə·ḵê·lāw wə·ḵê·lîm wəhakkêlîm wəḵêlāw wəḵêlîm