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title: כּוֹס — cup · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כּוֹס (3563), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: cup. BDB 1906: n.f. cup. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כּוֹס

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«כּוֹס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cup** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 31 times · **Key:** 3563 · **BDB:** כּוֹס

### Glosses

cup (10); the.cup (9); a.cup (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cup [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3563/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. cup [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3563/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. La 4:21 cup (√ unknown; perhaps kindred with כִּיס, q.v.; NH id.; Ph. כסת; Aramaic כָּס, ܟܳܣ; Arabic كَأْسٌ is Aramaic loan-wd. according to Frä 171, but see DHMVOJ i, 27)—כ׳ abs. Gn 40:11 +; כּ֯יֹס Pr 23:31; cstr. Gn 40:11 +; sf. כּוֹסִי ψ 16:5; 23:5 etc.; pl. abs. כֹּסוֹת Je 35:5;—cup 2 S 12:3; for wine Gn 40:11(×3), 13, 21 (all E), Pr 23:31 Je 35:5; שְׂפַת־כּוֹס 1 K 7:26 2 Ch 4:5; כ׳ תַּנְחוּמִים Je 16:7 the cup offered to mourners; fig. (wine-) cup of judgment of י׳, from which the nations, or Isr., must drink Je 46:12 La 4:21 ψ 75:9; כ׳ חֲמָתוֹ Is 51:17, 22; כ׳ הַיַּיִן הַחֵמָה Je 25:15, cf. v 17. 28; כ׳ הַתַּרְעֵלָה Is 51:17, 22; כ׳ שַׁמָּה וּשְׁמָמָה Ez 23:33, cf. v 31, 32, 33; כ׳ יְמִין י׳ Hb 2:16; by bold metaph. Babylon is such a cup כ׳ זָהָב בְּיַד י׳ Je 51:7; so of wicked persons, fire, brimstone, and burning wind are מְנָת־כּוֹסָם ψ 11:6 the portion of their cup; כ׳ in good sense, cup of blessing ψ 23:5 (overflowing); י׳ מְנָת חֶלְקִי וְכוֹסִי ψ 16:5; כ׳ יְשׁוּעוֹת ψ 116:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כּוֹס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3563/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 116:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.116.13/)

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כּוֹס־יְשׁוּע֥וֹת אֶשָּׂ֑א וּבְשֵׁ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה אֶקְרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* a.cup of.salvation(s) I.will.lift.up and on the.name of.Yahweh I.will.call

*JPS 1917:* I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.

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[Psalms 16:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.16.5/)

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יְֽהוָ֗ה מְנָת־חֶלְקִ֥י וְכוֹסִ֑י אַ֝תָּ֗ה תּוֹמִ֥יךְ גּוֹרָלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh \[is\].the.portion my.possession my and cup my you \[are\].holding lot my

*JPS 1917:* O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.

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