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Strong's H3563 כּוֹס (koc)

Koc means “cup” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3563 — nous (“mind”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3563
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 29
Books 13

Strong's H3563 Quick Answer

Strong's H3563 כּוֹס (kowc) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kowc (koce) n-e. 1. a cup (as a container) 2. (often, figuratively) a lot (as if a potion) It has 29 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include cup, owl, and cups. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
kowc (koce) n-e. 1. a cup (as a container) 2. (often, figuratively) a lot (as if a potion)
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
cup, owl, and cups

Meaning and Definition

kowc (koce) n-e. 1. a cup (as a container) 2. (often, figuratively) a lot (as if a potion) 3. (also) some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye) [from an unused root meaning to hold together] KJV: cup, (small) owl. Compare: H3599

Original Word
כּוֹס
Transliteration
kowc
Morphology
n-e.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3563. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H3563 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kowc, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H3563 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 29 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3563 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3563 in the Old Testament

29 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 40:11 KJV

And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

Genesis 40:13 KJV

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Genesis 40:21 KJV

And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3563.

Genesis 40:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Genesis 40:13 Old Testament, KJV
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
Genesis 40:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
Leviticus 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
Deuteronomy 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
2 Samuel 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
1 Kings 7:26 Old Testament, KJV
And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
2 Chronicles 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
Psalms 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Psalms 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psalms 75:8 Old Testament, KJV
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Psalms 102:6 Old Testament, KJV
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Psalms 116:13 Old Testament, KJV
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
Proverbs 23:31 Old Testament, KJV
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Isaiah 51:17 Old Testament, KJV
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
Isaiah 51:22 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
Jeremiah 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Jeremiah 25:15 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
Jeremiah 25:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
Jeremiah 25:28 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
Jeremiah 35:5 Old Testament, KJV
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
Jeremiah 49:12 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
Jeremiah 51:7 Old Testament, KJV
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
Lamentations 4:21 Old Testament, KJV
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
Ezekiel 23:31 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.
Ezekiel 23:32 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
Ezekiel 23:33 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
Habakkuk 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3563, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3563 FAQ

What does koc (כּוֹס) mean?

Koc (Strong's H3563) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "cup". kowc (koce) n-e. 1. a cup (as a container) 2. (often, figuratively) a lot (as if a potion)

How many times is koc (כּוֹס) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's H3563 across 13 books.

Where can I study koc (כּוֹס) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3563 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate koc (כּוֹס)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cup, owl, and cups. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.