קוֹל
voice
also: sound, noise fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H6963 appears in the Book of Psalms — 54 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Psalms
- Psalms 3:4 ק֭וֹלִ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I cry to Yahweh with my voice, And he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- Psalms 5:2 לְ/ק֬וֹל prep + n c ms cs Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; For to you do I pray.
- Psalms 5:3 קוֹלִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
- Psalms 6:8 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, For Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.
- Psalms 18:6 קוֹלִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs In my distress I called on Yahweh, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalms 18:13 קֹל֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh also thundered in the sky, The Most High uttered his voice: Hailstones and coals of fire.
- Psalms 19:3 קוֹלָֽ/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard.
- Psalms 26:7 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all your wondrous works.
- Psalms 27:7 קוֹלִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
- Psalms 28:2 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, When I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
- Psalms 28:6 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs Blessed be Yahweh, Because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
- Psalms 29:3 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs Yahweh's voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.
- Psalms 29:4 קוֹל ק֥וֹל n c ms cs n c ms cs Yahweh's voice is powerful. Yahweh's voice is full of majesty.
- Psalms 29:5 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
- Psalms 29:7 קוֹל n c ms cs Yahweh's voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
- Psalms 29:8 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs Yahweh's voice shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
- Psalms 29:9 ק֤וֹל n c ms cs Yahweh's voice makes the deer calve, And strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, "Glory!"
- Psalms 31:22 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
- Psalms 42:4 בְּ/קוֹל prep + n c ms cs These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I used to go with the crowd, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
- Psalms 42:7 לְ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
- Psalms 44:16 מִ֭/קּוֹל prep + n c ms cs At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, Because of the enemy and the avenger.
- Psalms 46:6 בְּ֝/קוֹל֗/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.
- Psalms 47:1 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
- Psalms 47:5 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
- Psalms 55:3 מִ/קּ֤וֹל prep + n c ms cs Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
- Psalms 55:17 קוֹלִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
- Psalms 58:5 לְ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be.
- Psalms 64:1 קוֹלִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- Psalms 66:8 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,
- Psalms 66:19 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs But most assuredly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
- Psalms 68:33 בְּ֝/קוֹל/וֹ ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
- Psalms 74:23 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
- Psalms 77:1 קוֹלִ֣/י קוֹלִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, And for him to listen to me.
- Psalms 77:17 ק֭וֹל n c ms The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
- Psalms 77:18 ק֤וֹל n c ms cs The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
- Psalms 81:11 לְ/קוֹלִ֑/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
- Psalms 86:6 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.
- Psalms 93:3 קוֹלָ֑/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, The floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
- Psalms 93:4 מִ/קֹּל֨וֹת prep + n c mp cs Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.
- Psalms 95:7 בְּ/קֹל֥/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, And the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
- Psalms 98:5 וְ/ק֣וֹל conj + n c ms cs Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, With the harp and the voice of melody.
- Psalms 98:6 וְ/ק֣וֹל conj + n c ms cs With trumpets and sound of the ram's horn, Make a joyful noise before the King, Yahweh.
- Psalms 102:5 מִ/קּ֥וֹל prep + n c ms cs By reason of the voice of my groaning, My bones stick to my skin.
- Psalms 103:20 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, Who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, Obeying the voice of his word.
- Psalms 104:7 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
- Psalms 104:12 קֽוֹל n c ms The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
- Psalms 106:25 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs But murmured in their tents, And didn't listen to Yahweh's voice.
- Psalms 116:1 ק֝וֹלִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, And my cries for mercy.
- Psalms 118:15 ק֤וֹל n c ms cs The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
- Psalms 119:149 ק֭וֹלִ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
- Psalms 130:2 בְ/ק֫וֹלִ֥/י לְ֝/ק֗וֹל prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c ms cs Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
- Psalms 140:6 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs I said to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
- Psalms 141:1 ק֝וֹלִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
- Psalms 142:1 ק֭וֹלִ/י ק֝וֹלִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, קול (qôwl) means “voice.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 3:8. Spanning 436 verses in 35 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “sound” and “noise”. From the same root come קל and קוליה. Dig into 436-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6963 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 436
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 436 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #98
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 98 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 436 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Jeremiah 64 verses 15%
- Psalms 54 verses 12%
- Deuteronomy 35 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 436 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 226 verses · 52%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 120 verses · 28%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 90 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Voice 349×, Sound 36×, Noise 33×
- American Standard Version†: Voice 297×, Sound 35×, Noise 30×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Voice 191×, Sound 62×, Voices 22×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Voice 196×, Voice of 107×, Sound of 84×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6963 across 496† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 56 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 10 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6963 across 498† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 94 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6963 across 425† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 51 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 78 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6963 across 503† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 34 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
21 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 21 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
קול I (sometimes, c. pref. et suff., קֹל)506 n.m. Gn 39
- 1. sound: especially
- a. of human voice Jos 6:10; 2 K 7:10; in speech Gn 27:22(×2) 1 S 1:13; 24:17; 26:17(×2); recognized (הִכִּיר) v 17 Je 18:3; יְפֵה ק׳ Ez 33:32 pleasant of voice, cf. Ct 2:14(×2); 8:13; in singing Ex 32:18; 2 S 19:36; Is 52:8, calling Ju 9:7, shouting Ex 32:17; 1 S 4:6(×2) 1 K 1:40; Ezr 3:13; rejoicing Je 7:34(×4) = 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; praise ψ 66:8; 26:7; Jo 2:10; laughter Je 30:19; weeping Gn 21:16; Ju 2:4; 1 S 11:4; Ru 1:9, 14; Ezr 3:13; outcry Gn 39:15, 18; 1 S 4:14; Je 8:19, distress, lament Je 9:18; Ez 27:30; Zc 11:3 ψ 102:6, supplication ψ 28:2, 6; 31:23; 86:6; adv. ק׳ אֶחָד with one voice Ex 24:3; 2 Ch 5:13, ק׳ גָּדוֹל loud voice 2 S 15:23 + (cf. בְּק׳ ג׳ Gn 39:14; 1 S 28:12 +), ק׳ רָם †Dt 27:14; נָשָׂא ק׳ Gn 21:16 + (v. נָשָׂא 1 b (5)), הֵרִים ק׳ 39:15 + (v. רום Hiph.); on ק׳ as independ. nom., sq. subj. + vb. of calling ψ 3:5; 27:7; 142:2 v. Ges§ 144 m. e.g. Joshua 6:10
- b. of י׳ Gn 3:8; 10; Is 6:8; Ex 19:19; 1 K 19:13; Mi 6:9; Ez 10:5 (cf. also 2 b) +; adv. ק׳ גָּדוֹל Dt 5:19; Ez 9:1; ק׳ דְּמָמָה דַקָּה 1 K 19:12. e.g. Genesis 3:8
- c. of seraph Is 6:4. e.g. Isaiah 6:4
- d. of angel Dn 8:16 (ק׳ אָדָם) i.e. in human speech, cf. Bev); ק׳ דְּבָרָיו 10:6, 9(×2). e.g. Daniel 8:16
- e. of animals: bleating of sheep 1 S 15:14; lowing of cattle v 14 Je 9:9, neighing of horses 8:16, roaring of lion Am 3:4 Je 2:15 +, hissing of serpent 46:22 (in sim.), singing of birds Na 2:8; Zp 2:14; ψ 104:12; Ct 2:12; Ec 12:4. e.g. 1 Samuel 15:14
- f. exclamation, at beginning of cl., a sound of …! = hark! Gn 4:10; Is 13:4; 40:3; 52:8; Je 4:15; 10:22; 50:28; Ct 2:8; 5:2 (Ges§ 146 b). e.g. Genesis 4:10
- 2. sound:
- a. of instrument, especially ק׳ (הַ)שֹּׁפָר Ex 9:16; 20:18 (Gi v 15) Am 2:2; 1 K 1:41 +, חֲצֹצְרוֹת וגו׳ 2 Ch 5:13; כִּנּוֹר Ez 26:13; עוּגָב Jb 21:12; of פַּעֲמֹנִים on high priest’s robe Ex 28:35. e.g. Exodus 9:16
- b. thunder-clap or peal (cf. Dr 1 S 12:17), קוֹל י׳ (or קוֹלוֹ) Am 1:2 Is 30:30; 31 Je 10:13 = 51:16, Jo 2:11; 4:16 ψ 18:14 = 2 S 22:14, ψ 29:3–5, 7–9; 46:7 Jb 37:4 (cf. 1 S 7:10 ψ 77:18, 19; 104:7), so especially pl. abs. (v. supr.) †Ex 9:23, 28, 29, 33, 34; 19:16; 20:18 (Gi v 15), 1 S 7:10; 12:17, 18 Jb 28:26 = 38:25. e.g. 1 Samuel 12:17
- c. קוֹל רַגְלֶיהָ 1 K 14:6 cf. 2 K 6:32, and (prob.) Gn 3:8; also ק׳ (הַ)צְּעָדָה 2 S 5:24 = 1 Ch 14:15; of runners 2 K 11:13; 2 Ch 23:12. e.g. 1 Kings 14:6
- d. stamping of hoofs Je 47:3; Ez 26:10 (+ chariots, etc.), cf. 1 K 1:41. e.g. Jeremiah 47:3
- e. of chariots Na 3:2; Jo 2:5; wheels Ez 3:13; whip Na 3:2. e.g. Nahum 3:2
- f. of sea, and great waters Hb 3:10; Ez 1:24; 43:2 ψ 93:3, 4, cf. Je 50:42 (in sim.); ק׳ צִנּוֹרֶיךָ ψ 42:8. e.g. Habakkuk 3:10
- g. earthquake Ez 37:7. e.g. Ezekiel 37:7
- h. a fall Je 49:21; Ez 26:15; 31:16. e.g. Jeremiah 49:21
- i. of a multitude 1 S 4:14; Is 13:4; Ez 23:42. e.g. 1 Samuel 4:14
- j. din of war Ex 32:17; Je 50:22, 46; 51:55; La 2:7. k. of wings Ez 1:24; 3:13; 10:5. l. flame Jo 2:5; crackling of thorns Ec 7:6; rustling of leaves Lv 26:36. m. mill-stones Je 25:10; Ec 12:4. e.g. Exodus 32:17
- 3. of articulate speech, things said:
- a. (1) often of human advice, command, entreaty Gn 3:17; 4:23 Ex 3:18; 4:1, 9 Dt 1:45; 21:18(×2), 20 1 S 2:25; 8:7, 9 2 S 12:18; ק׳ דִּבְרֵיכֶם Dt 1:34; 5:25; even of written words 2 K 10:6; so also ק׳ הָאֹת Ex 4:8(×2) voice (teaching) of the sign. (2) of a report Gn 45:16; Ec 10:20. (3) of a proclamation Ex 36:6 (P); 2 Ch 24:9; 30:5; 36:22 = Ezr 1:1, Ezr 10:7; Ne 8:15. (4) ק׳ אָלָה Lv 5:1 utterance of adjuration. e.g. Genesis 3:17
- b. often (especially Dt Je) of words of י׳ Gn 22:18; 26:5 Ex 5:2; 15:26; 19:5 Dt 8:20; 9:23; 13:5, 19 +, Ju 2:2, 20; 6:10 1 S 12:14, 15; 15:1, 19, 20, 22 Je 3:13, 25; 7:23 +; of מַלְאַךְ י׳ Ex 23:21, 22.—קֹל Je 3:9 v. sub קלל. e.g. Genesis 22:18
קול II [m.] lightness, frivolity (so Vrss Ki Gie
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. (sometimes, c. pref. et suff., קֹל)506 n.m. Gn 39:14 sound, voice;—abs. קוֹל Gn 4:10 + (הַקֹּל 27:22; 45:16); cstr. קוֹל 3:8 + (וְקֹל Ex 19:16, לְקֹל 4:8(×2)); sf. קוֹלִי 1 S 26:17 +, קוֹלְךָ Ju 18:25 +, etc. (קֹלִי Gn 22:18, קֹלֶ֑ךָ Ex 3:18, etc.); pl. (usually of thunder) קֹלֹת Ex 9:23 + 4 times, קוֹלֹת 20:18 (Gi v 15), קֹלוֹת 1 S 2:17 + 5 times;—
I. n.[m.] lightness, frivolity (so Vrss Ki Gie; Gf thinks = קָלוֹן; > = voice);—מִקֹּל זְנוּתָהּ Je 3:9.—קֹל voice, v. קוֹל.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: from an unused root meaning to call aloud
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
קוֹל
- v. קהל) voice, call, sound. Ker. 6ᵃ; Pes. 26ᵃ ק׳ מראה וריח וכ׳ the enjoyment of sound, sight or smell does not come under the category of misuse of sacred property (מְעַילָה). Zeb. 88ᵇ יבא דבר שבק׳ ויכפר על ק׳ הרע let that which is accompanied by sound (the high priest’s robe) bring atonement for evil sound (evil talk). Gen. R. s. 17 קוֹלָהּ הולך woman’s voice is penetrating. Pes. 56ᵃ בק׳ רם in a loud voice, opp. בחשאי. Keth. 16ᵃ bot. יש לה ק׳ is spoken about, is known among people; a. v. fr.—בת ק׳, v. בַּת I.—Pl. קוֹלוֹת, constr. קוֹלֵי. Ex. R. s. 5 הקול יוצא ונחלק לשבעים ק׳ וכ׳ the voice (of revelation) went forth and was divided into seventy voices corresponding to seventy languages. Ber. 15ᵇ בקולי ק׳ under loud cries; a. fr.—[קול מזמסיא, v. מַזְיָא.]
קוּל
- to be light, v. קִיל.
קוּל ²
- (preced.; v. קָלַל)
- 1. light matter. — Pl. קוּלִּין, constr. קוּלֵּי. Sabb. 29ᵃ ומק׳ מטלניות שנו כאן and they teach here rules about one of the pettiest kinds of strips. Ib. 39ᵇ חוץ מק׳ מטלניות except the rule concerning the lightest kinds &c.
- 2. lenient practice, opp. חוֹמֶר. Ḥall. IV, 5 נמצא חומרו קוּלּוֹ consequently the stricter opinion (of R. Akiba) implies the eventual lenient ruling. Y. ib. 59ᵈ bot. קולו חומרו the lenient rule implies eventually the stricter rule. Snh. XI, 2 נמצא חומרו קולו his severer offence (in giving a practical decision without authorization to teach) is the cause of his acquittal from responsibility.—Pl. קוּלִּים, קוּלִּין. Y. Snh. XI, 30ᵃ bot. Ḥull. 43ᵇ bot. מקוּלֵּי בית שמאי ומק׳ וכ׳ he that follows the school of Shammai where its rulings are the easier, and again the school of Hillel where its rulings are the easier. Ib. 44ᵃ כקוּלֵּיהֶן, v. חוֹמֶר I. Keth. 110ᵇ מקולי כתובה וכ׳ they taught here one of the lenient practices concerning the wife’s dowry; a. e.—קוּלּוֹת (fr. קוּלָּה) light, minor sins. Y. Snh. X, 28ᵇ top קוּלּוֹתָיו … חומרותיו וכ׳ Ahab’s minor offences were as heavy as Jeroboam’s heaviest sins; (Bab. ib. 102ᵇ קַלּוֹת … כחמורות).
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Forms in the corpus
The 174 distinct written forms H6963 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 411 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 436 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:8
- Exodus 3:18
- Leviticus 5:1
- Numbers 7:89
- Deuteronomy 1:34
- Joshua 5:6
- Judges 2:2
- Ruth 1:9
- 1 Samuel 1:13
- 2 Samuel 3:32
- 1 Kings 1:40
- 2 Kings 4:31
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