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).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 418 times (83%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 76 times (15%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 10 times (2%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 2 times (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 506 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 3 — showing verses 201–400 of 436 distinct verses where H6963 appears, across 35 books. 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.
Job 19 verses
- Job 4:16 וָ/ק֣וֹל conj + n c ms It stood still, but I couldn't discern the appearance of it; A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
- Job 9:16 קוֹלִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he listened to my voice.
- Job 15:21 קוֹל n c ms cs A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
- Job 21:12 לְ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
- Job 28:26 קֹלֽוֹת n c mp When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
- Job 29:10 קוֹל n c ms cs The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
- Job 30:31 לְ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of those who weep.
- Job 33:8 וְ/ק֖וֹל conj + n c ms cs "Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
- Job 34:16 לְ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs "If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.
- Job 37:2 קֹל֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, The sound that goes out of his mouth.
- Job 37:4 ק֗וֹל בְּ/ק֣וֹל קוֹלֽ/וֹ n c ms prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty; He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.
- Job 37:5 בְּ֭/קוֹל/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can't comprehend.
- Job 38:25 קֹלֽוֹת n c mp Who has cut a channel for the flood water, Or the path for the thunderstorm;
- Job 38:34 קוֹלֶ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?
- Job 39:24 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, Neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
- Job 40:9 וּ֝/בְ/ק֗וֹל conj + prep + n c ms Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
Psalms 54 verses
- 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.
Proverbs 7 verses
- Proverbs 1:20 קוֹלָֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
- Proverbs 2:3 קוֹלֶֽ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
- Proverbs 5:13 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
- Proverbs 8:1 קוֹלָֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice?
- Proverbs 8:4 וְ֝/קוֹלִ֗/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
- Proverbs 26:25 ק֭וֹל/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When his speech is charming, don't believe him; For there are seven abominations in his heart:
- Proverbs 27:14 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be taken as a curse by him.
Ecclesiastes 5 verses
- Ecclesiastes 5:3 וְ/ק֥וֹל conj + n c ms cs For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 קוֹלֶ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
- Ecclesiastes 7:6 כְ/ק֤וֹל prep + n c ms cs For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20 הַ/קּ֔וֹל ptcl def.art + n c ms Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; And don't curse the rich in your bedchamber: For a bird of the sky may carry your voice, And that which has wings may tell the matter.
- Ecclesiastes 12:4 ק֣וֹל לְ/ק֣וֹל n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs And the doors shall be shut in the street; When the sound of the grinding is low, And one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, And all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
Song of Solomon 5 verses
- Song of Solomon 2:8 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, Leaping on the mountains, Skipping on the hills.
- Song of Solomon 2:12 וְ/ק֥וֹל conj + n c ms cs The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing has come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.
- Song of Solomon 2:14 קוֹלֵ֑/ךְ קוֹלֵ֥/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
- Song of Solomon 5:2 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My hair with the dampness of the night.
- Song of Solomon 8:13 לְ/קוֹלֵ֖/ךְ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, Let me hear your voice! Beloved
Isaiah 31 verses
- Isaiah 6:4 מִ/קּ֖וֹל prep + n c ms cs The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
- Isaiah 6:8 ק֤וֹל n c ms cs I heard the Lord's voice, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am. Send me!"
- Isaiah 10:30 קוֹלֵ֖/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
- Isaiah 13:2 ק֖וֹל n c ms Set up an ensign on the bare mountain, lift up the voice to them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
- Isaiah 13:4 ק֥וֹל ק֠וֹל n c ms cs n c ms cs The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Hosts is mustering the host for the battle.
- Isaiah 15:4 קוֹלָ֑/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Heshbon cries out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even to Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles within him.
- Isaiah 24:14 קוֹלָ֖/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Yahweh they cry aloud from the sea.
- Isaiah 24:18 מִ/קּ֤וֹל prep + n c ms cs It shall happen, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
- Isaiah 28:23 קוֹלִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Give you ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech.
- Isaiah 29:4 קוֹלֵ֔/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs You shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground, and your speech shall be low out of the dust; and your voice shall be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
- Isaiah 29:6 וְ/ק֣וֹל conj + n c ms She shall be visited of Yahweh of Hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
- Isaiah 30:19 לְ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more; he will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry; when he shall hear, he will answer you.
- Isaiah 30:30 קוֹל֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.
- Isaiah 30:31 מִ/קּ֥וֹל prep + n c ms cs For through the voice of Yahweh shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he strike [him].
- Isaiah 31:4 מִ/קּוֹלָ/ם֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp For thus says Yahweh to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds are called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Yahweh of Hosts come down to fight on Mount Zion, and on the hill of it.
- Isaiah 32:9 קוֹלִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Rise up, you women who are at ease, [and] hear my voice; you careless daughters, give ear to my speech.
- Isaiah 33:3 מִ/קּ֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs At the noise of the thunder the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of yourself the nations are scattered.
- Isaiah 36:13 בְ/קוֹל prep + n c ms Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear you the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 37:23 קּ֑וֹל n c ms Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 40:3 ק֣וֹל n c ms The voice of one who cries, Prepare you in the wilderness the way of Yahweh; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
- Isaiah 40:6 ק֚וֹל n c ms The voice of one saying, Cry. One said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of it is as the flower of the field.
- Isaiah 40:9 קוֹלֵ֔/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain; you who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, don't be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
- Isaiah 42:2 קוֹלֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
- Isaiah 48:20 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Go you forth from Babylon, flee you from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say you, Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob.
- Isaiah 50:10 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.
- Isaiah 51:3 וְ/ק֥וֹל conj + n c ms cs For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
- Isaiah 52:8 ק֥וֹל ק֖וֹל n c ms cs n c ms The voice of your watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Yahweh returns to Zion.
- Isaiah 58:1 קוֹלֶ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Cry aloud, don't spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Isaiah 58:4 קוֹלְ/כֶֽם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
- Isaiah 65:19 ק֥וֹל וְ/ק֥וֹל n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.
- Isaiah 66:6 ק֤וֹל ק֖וֹל ק֣וֹל n c ms cs n c ms n c ms cs A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Yahweh that renders recompense to his enemies.
Jeremiah 64 verses
- Jeremiah 2:15 קוֹלָ֑/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp The young lions have roared on him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 3:9 מִ/קֹּ֣ל prep + n c ms cs It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- Jeremiah 3:13 וּ/בְ/קוֹלִ֥/י conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 3:21 ק֚וֹל n c ms A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping [and] the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
- Jeremiah 3:25 בְּ/ק֖וֹל prep + n c ms cs Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 4:15 ק֥וֹל n c ms For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:
- Jeremiah 4:16 קוֹלָֽ/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp make you mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 4:19 ק֤וֹל n c ms cs My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
- Jeremiah 4:21 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
- Jeremiah 4:29 מִ/קּ֨וֹל prep + n c ms cs Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers; they go into the thickets, and climb up on the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.
- Jeremiah 4:31 ק֨וֹל ק֧וֹל n c ms n c ms cs For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, [saying], Woe is me now! for my soul faints before the murderers.
- Jeremiah 6:17 לְ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs I set watchmen over you, [saying], Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not listen.
- Jeremiah 6:23 קוֹלָ/ם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.
- Jeremiah 7:23 בְ/קוֹלִ֔/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs but this thing I commanded them, saying, Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk you in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
- Jeremiah 7:28 בְּ/קוֹל֙ prep + n c ms cs You shall tell them, This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of Yahweh their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
- Jeremiah 7:34 ק֤וֹל וְ/ק֣וֹל ק֥וֹל וְ/ק֣וֹל n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.
- Jeremiah 8:16 מִ/קּוֹל֙ prep + n c ms cs The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those who dwell therein.
- Jeremiah 8:19 ק֞וֹל n c ms cs Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: isn't Yahweh in Zion? Isn't her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign vanities?
- Jeremiah 9:10 ק֣וֹל n c ms cs For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone.
- Jeremiah 9:13 בְ/קוֹלִ֖/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
- Jeremiah 9:19 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
- Jeremiah 10:13 לְ/ק֨וֹל prep + n c ms cs when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 10:22 ק֤וֹל n c ms cs The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.
- Jeremiah 11:4 בְ/קוֹלִ/י֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall you be my people, and I will be your God;
- Jeremiah 11:7 בְּ/קוֹלִֽ/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
- Jeremiah 11:16 לְ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Yahweh called your name, A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and the branches of it are broken.
- Jeremiah 12:8 בְּ/קוֹלָ֖/הּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
- Jeremiah 16:9 ק֤וֹל וְ/ק֣וֹל ק֥וֹל וְ/ק֥וֹל n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
- Jeremiah 18:10 בְּ/קוֹלִ֑/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
- Jeremiah 18:19 לְ/ק֥וֹל prep + n c ms cs Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
- Jeremiah 22:20 קוֹלֵ֑/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers are destroyed.
- Jeremiah 22:21 בְּ/קוֹלִֽ/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that you didn't obey my voice.
- Jeremiah 25:10 ק֤וֹל וְ/ק֣וֹל ק֥וֹל וְ/ק֣וֹל ק֥וֹל n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs n c ms cs Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
- Jeremiah 25:30 קוֹל֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Jeremiah 25:36 ק֚וֹל n c ms cs A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Yahweh lays waste their pasture.
- Jeremiah 26:13 בְּ/ק֖וֹל prep + n c ms cs Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.
- Jeremiah 30:5 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs For thus says Yahweh: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
- Jeremiah 30:19 וְ/ק֣וֹל conj + n c ms cs Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
- Jeremiah 31:15 ק֣וֹל n c ms Thus says Yahweh: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.
- Jeremiah 31:16 קוֹלֵ/ךְ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
- Jeremiah 32:23 בְ/קוֹלֶ֨/ךָ֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms and they came in, and possessed it, but they didn't obey your voice, neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them.
- Jeremiah 33:11 ק֣וֹל וְ/ק֣וֹל ק֣וֹל וְ/ק֣וֹל ק֣וֹל n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs n c ms cs the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Hosts, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; [and of them] who bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Yahweh. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 35:8 בְּ/ק֨וֹל prep + n c ms cs We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;
- Jeremiah 38:20 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of Yahweh, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.
- Jeremiah 40:3 בְּ/קוֹל֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come on you.
- Jeremiah 42:6 בְּ/ק֣וֹל בְּ/ק֖וֹל prep + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 42:13 בְּ/ק֖וֹל prep + n c ms cs But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don't obey the voice of Yahweh your God,
- Jeremiah 42:14 וְ/ק֥וֹל conj + n c ms cs saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
- Jeremiah 42:21 בְּ/קוֹל֙ prep + n c ms cs and I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.
- Jeremiah 43:4 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, to dwell in the land of Judah.
- Jeremiah 43:7 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs and they came into the land of Egypt; for they didn't obey the voice of Yahweh: and they came to Tahpanhes.
- Jeremiah 44:23 בְּ/ק֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Because you have burned incense, and because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened to you, as it is this day.
- Jeremiah 46:22 קוֹלָ֖/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
- Jeremiah 47:3 מִ/קּ֗וֹל prep + n c ms cs At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don't look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
- Jeremiah 48:3 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
- Jeremiah 48:34 קוֹלָ֔/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
- Jeremiah 49:21 מִ/קּ֣וֹל קוֹלָֽ/הּ prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.
- Jeremiah 50:22 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
- Jeremiah 50:28 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple.
- Jeremiah 50:42 קוֹלָ/ם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 50:46 מִ/קּוֹל֙ prep + n c ms At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations.
- Jeremiah 51:16 לְ/ק֨וֹל prep + n c ms cs when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 51:54 ק֥וֹל n c ms cs The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
- Jeremiah 51:55 ק֣וֹל קוֹלָֽ/ם n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:
Lamentations 2 verses
- Lamentations 2:7 ק֛וֹל n c ms The Lord has cast off his altar, he has abhorred his sanctuary; He has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: They have made a noise in the house of Yahweh, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
- Lamentations 3:56 קוֹלִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs You heard my voice; don't hide your ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Ezekiel 24 verses
- Ezekiel 1:24 ק֣וֹל כְּ/קוֹל֩ כְּ/קוֹל ק֥וֹל כְּ/ק֣וֹל n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
- Ezekiel 1:25 ק֕וֹל n c ms There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.
- Ezekiel 1:28 ק֥וֹל n c ms As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
- Ezekiel 3:12 ק֖וֹל n c ms cs Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, [saying], Blessed be the glory of Yahweh from his place.
- Ezekiel 3:13 וְ/ק֣וֹל וְ/ק֥וֹל וְ/ק֖וֹל conj + n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs [I heard] the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.
- Ezekiel 8:18 ק֣וֹל n c ms Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
- Ezekiel 9:1 ק֤וֹל n c ms Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause you them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
- Ezekiel 10:5 וְ/קוֹל֙ כְּ/ק֥וֹל conj + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
- Ezekiel 11:13 קוֹל n c ms It happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
- Ezekiel 19:7 מִ/קּ֖וֹל prep + n c ms cs He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fullness of it, because of the noise of his roaring.
- Ezekiel 19:9 קוֹל֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
- Ezekiel 21:22 ק֖וֹל n c ms In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
- Ezekiel 23:42 וְ/ק֣וֹל conj + n c ms The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on the hands of them [twain], and beautiful crowns on their heads.
- Ezekiel 26:10 מִ/קּוֹל֩ prep + n c ms cs By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover you: your walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into your gates, as men enter into a city in which is made a breach.
- Ezekiel 26:13 וְ/ק֣וֹל conj + n c ms cs I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard.
- Ezekiel 26:15 מִ/קּ֣וֹל prep + n c ms cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Tyre: shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of you?
About this entry
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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.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 114 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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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
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
