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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6958 - קָיָה

Transliteration

qôwʼ

Phonetics

ko, kaw-yaw'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

2014

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to vomit up, spue out, disgorge
1. (Qal) to vomit
2. (Hiphil) to vomit up
  1. of land spewing out its inhabitants (fig)
  2. vomiting, disgorging

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1544 ‑ ἐκβάλλω (ek‑bal'‑lo); 4360 ‑ προσοχθίζω (pros‑okh‑thid'‑zo);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Leviticus 4

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Jonah 1

BSB (8)

Leviticus 4

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Jonah 1

CSB (0)

The Christian Standard Bible®
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (7)

Leviticus 3

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Jonah 1

KJV (8)

Leviticus 4

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Jonah 1

LEB (8)

Leviticus 4

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Jonah 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

Leviticus 4

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Jonah 1

ASV (8)

and he shall vomit them up again 1

and it vomited out 1

it, as it vomited out 1

shalt thou vomit up 1

therein, vomit you not out 1

therewith, and vomit it 1

vomit not you out 1

vomiteth out 1

BSB (8)

and it vomited 1

and vomit it up 1

but vomits it out 1

it spewed out 1

it will vomit you out 1

vomit you out 1

will vomit out 1

you will vomit up 1

CSB (0)

The Christian Standard Bible®
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (7)

out 1

vomit 1

vomit up 1

vomited 1

vomited out 2

vomits 1

KJV (8)

again 1

out 5

up 1

vomit 1

LEB (8)

and it vomited 1

but he vomits them up 1

has vomited out 1

it and vomit it out 1

it vomited out 1

vomit 2

you will vomit it up 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

and he shall vomit them up again 1

and it vomited out 1

and vomit it 1

may not vomit you out 1

not vomit you out 1

vomited out 1

you shall vomit up 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1415) a q (קא QA) AC: Vomit CO: Vomit AB: ?

A) a q (קא QA) AC: ? CO: Vomit AB: ?

N^m ) a q (קא QA) - Vomit: [df: ayq] KJV (4): vomit - Strongs: H6892 (קִיא)

N^f2 ) t a q (קאת QAT) - Qaat: An unknown bird that vomits up its food for its chicks. KJV (5): pelican, cormorant - Strongs: H6893 (קָאַת)

J) a f q (קוא QWA) AC: ? CO: Vomit AB: ?

V) a f q (קוא QWA) - Vomit: [df: hyq]KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) vomit, spue - Strongs: H6958 (קָיָה)

M) a i q (קיא QYA) AC: ? CO: Vomit AB: ?

V) a i q (קיא QYA) - Vomit: [df: hyq] KJV (1): (vf: Paal) spue - Strongs: H7006 (קָיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[קִיא Nö^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 539}] verb vomit up, spue out, disgorge (Late Hebrew id., Hiph`il; Assyrian ‡â°u, spit Meissn^Suppl.83; Arabic

vomit; Ethiopic [

]

vomit); —

Qal Participle f. קָאָה Leviticus 18:28, but read probably קָ֫אָה Perfect 3 feminine singular (Di Baen); Imperfect (

Qal or Hiph`il) 3 masculine singular וַיָּקֵא Jonah 2:11, suffix וַיְקִיאֶנוּ Job 20:15; 3 feminine singular תָּקִיא Leviticus 18:28; Leviticus 20:22, וַתָּקִא Leviticus 18:25; 2 masculine singular Sf. תְּקִיאֶנָּה Proverbs 23:8;

Hiph`il Perfect suffix consecutive וַהֲקֵאתוֺ Proverbs 25:16; all vomit up: — with accusative, literal Proverbs 23:8; Proverbs 25:16; Jonah 2:11; figurative of land casting out inhabitants Leviticus 18:25,28 (twice in verse); Leviticus 20:22 (all H); of disgorging riches Job 20:15.

[קָיָה] verb vomit (si vera lectio= קיא, Ges^{§ 76h} Kö^ii.1,586); —

Qal Imperative masculine plural וּקֵיוּ Jeremiah 25:27 Qr (Kt וקוו), be drunken and vomit (? error for וְקִיאוּ).

קִיטוֺר see קטר. קִים, קִימָה see קוּם.

קִימוֺשׁ see קִמּוֺשׂ

קין (√ of following; compare Arabic fit together, fabricate (make artificially), forge (compare Wetzst^{Syr.Dreschtafel (1873) 297}), whence worker in iron, Assyrian ‡inai (Meissn^{ZA viii (1893), 82}), ᵑ7קֵינָאָה, Syriac , Palmyrene קיניא (plural) metal-worker, compare Biblical Hebrew תּוּבַל קַיִן; also Arabic slave-girl, and woman-singer, lute-player (from skill); compare Ethiopic Song of Solomon , singing, Syriac , hymn, elegy; Arabic verb IV Dozy; Late Hebrew קִינָה = Biblical Hebrew; compare also Bu^{ZAW ii (1882), 28}).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

קָיָה an uncertain root, i.q. קוֹא, to vomit. Imp. קְיוּ Jeremiah 25:27, unless it should rather be pronounced קְיוּ, for קִיאוּ. [This root is rejected in Thes.]

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List of Word Forms

וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃ וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ וַיָּקֵ֥א וַתָּקִ֥א והקאתו׃ ויקא ויקאנו ותקא קָאָ֛ה קאה תְקִיאֶ֑נָּה תָקִ֤יא תקיא תקיאנה kaAh qā’āh qā·’āh ṯā·qî taKi ṯāqî ṯə·qî·’en·nāh tekiEnnah ṯəqî’ennāh vahaKeTo vaiyaKe vattaKi vaykiEnnu wa·hă·qê·ṯōw wahăqêṯōw wat·tā·qi wattāqi way·qi·’en·nū way·yā·qê wayqi’ennū wayyāqê