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Strong's Number H3557

כּוּל

kuwl · kool

Transliteration:

kuwl{kool}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

962

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)

Usage in the KJV:

contain 6, feed 3, sustain 4, abide 3, nourish 3, hold 2, receive 2, victual 2, bear 1, comprehended 1, misc 7

Total: 37
Occurs 38 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to seize, contain, measure
1. (Qal) to measure, calculate
2. (Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain
  1. to sustain, support, nourish
  2. to contain, hold in, restrain
  3. to support, endure
3. (Polpal) to be supplied
4. (Hilpil) to contain, hold, hold in, endure
  1. to contain
  2. to sustain, endure