Lexical Definition

‎כֹּה‎ kôh (ko) thus ^H:Adv
from the prefix k and ‎הוּא‎

also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.

• properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so)
• also (of place) here (or hither)
• or (of time) now

1) thus, here, in this manner
1a) thus, so
1b) here, here and there
1c) until now, until now...until then, meanwhile

See Greek: ἐντεῦθεν · ἰδού · οὗτος · ὧδε

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: kah (‎כ‎ָּ‎ה‎ "thus" כָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: כָּה
‎כֹּה‎ demonstrative adverb thus, here (Biblical Aramaic ‎כָּה‎; ᵑ7, ᵑ6:Jerusalem, Mandean ‎כָּא‎ here: in Syriac with prefixes hither, (ᵑ6:Jerusalem ) hence, where? compare ‎אֵיכָה‎, p. 32, and Kö^{ii. 1, 252}) —

1. of manner, thus (so most frequently, and usually pointing to what is to follow, while ‎כֵּן‎ points commonly to what has preceded), Gen 15:5 ‎כה יהיה זרעך‎ thus shall thy seed be, Num 6:23; 1Kgs 2:30 ‎כֹּה דִבֶּר יוֺאָב וְכֹה עָנָנִי‎, 1Kgs 5:25*; Isa 24:13 (answered by ‎בְּ‎, as Jer 23:29); with a substantive Isa 20:6 ‎הִנֵּה‎ ‎כֹה מַבָּטֵנוּ‎, Jer 9:21* (si vera lectio), Jer 23:29; 1Sam 27:11. Mostly confined to particular phrases: thus
a. with different forms of ‎אמר‎, ‎כה תאמר‎ thus shalt thou say Exod 3:14; Exod 3:15; Exod 19:3; Exod 20:22 etc.; especially ‎כה אמר יי֞‎ thus saith (or said) ‎׳‎‎י‎ Exod 4:22; Exod 5:1; Exod 7:17; Exod 7:26*; Exod 8:16* etc.; and continually in the prophets, as Isa 7:7; Isa 8:11; Isa 18:4 etc.; Jer 2:2; Jer 2:5; Jer 4:27; Jer 6:16 etc.; also in the idiomatic formula ‎אִם כֹּה יאֹמַר‎ if he say (or used to say) (the words spoken following) Gen 31:8; 1Sam 14:9; 1Sam 14:10; 1Sam 20:7; 2Sam 15:26.
b. with ‎עשׂה‎ to do thus, Exod 5:15; Deut 7:5 pointing back, Num 22:30; Josh 6:14; 1Sam 27:11 and elsewhere; especially in the phrase ‎כה יעשׂה אלהים וכה יוסיף‎ (with variations), 1Sam 3:17 + (see ‎יסף‎), in which ‎כֹּה‎ points to an imprecation understood but not expressed. With ‎בְּ‎ prefixed 1Kgs 22:20 ‎ויאמר זה בְּכֹה וזה אמר בְּכֹה‎ and one spake in this wise, and another spake in that wise (|| 2Chr 18:19 ‎כָכָהכָּ֗֗֗כָה‎; probably rightly).

2. of place, here (rare, chiefly in E), Gen 31:37 ‎שִׂים כֹּה‎ place it here before my brethren, Num 23:15 (twice in verse); 2Sam 18:30; Ruth 2:8. Repeated, Exod 2:12 ‎וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה‎ and he turned this way and that way; ‎כֹּהכֹּ֗֗֗ה‎ on this side . . . on that side Num 11:31. With ‎עַד‎ Gen 22:5 and we will go ‎עַדכֹּֿה‎ as far as here (δεικτικῶς) i.e. yonder.

3. of time, ‎עַד כֹּה‎ hitherto, Exod 7:16 (compare ‎עַדהֵֿנָּה‎), Josh 17:14 ‎עַדכֹּֿה‎ ‎וְעַדכֹּֿה‎ till now and till then, i.e. meanwhile, 1Kgs 18:45.

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