Lexical Definition

‎כּוּל‎ kûwl (kool) to sustain ^H:V
a primitive root

(be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).

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

1) to seize, contain, measure
1a)(Qal) to measure, calculate
1b) (Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain
1b1) to sustain, support, nourish
1b2) to contain, hold in, restrain
1b3) to support, endure
1c) (Polpal) to be supplied
1d) (Hilpil) to contain, hold, hold in, endure
1d1) to contain
1d2) to sustain, endure

See Greek: ἀρκέω · δέχομαι · δύναμαι · ἐκτρέφω · ἱκανός · κατευθύνω · οἰκονομέω · συνέχω · τρέφω · ὑπομένω · ὑποφέρω · φέρω · χορηγέω · χωρέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כּוּל‎] verb comprehend, contain (Late Hebrew, Aramaic id., measure, measure out, of dry or liquid measure; Syriac Aph`el id.; Arabic measure grain) —

Qal Perfect only Isa 40:12 ‎מִיכָּ֗֗֗ל בְּשָׁלִשׁ‎ ‎עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ‎ who hath comprehended the dust of the earth in a shalish-measure? Pilpel Perfect ‎כִּלְכֵּל‎ 2Sam 19:33* suffix ‎כִּלְכְּלָם‎ 1Kgs 18:4 2 masculine singular suffix ‎כִּלְכַּלְתָּם‎ Neh 9:21, etc.; Imperfect ‎יְכַלְכֵּל‎ Zech 11:16 +, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎כַּלְכֵּל‎ Jer 20:9 +, etc.; Participle ‎מְכַלְכֵּל‎ Mal 3:2 — sustain, maintain, contain:

1. sustain, support, nourish, followed by accusative of person Gen 45:11; Gen 50:21 (both E), 2Sam 19:33*; 2Sam 19:34*; 2Sam 20:3; 2Sam 1:7 a (v:b absolute), 1Kgs 5:7*; 1Kgs 17:4; 1Kgs 17:9; Neh 9:21; Ruth 4:15; Ps 55:23*; Zech 11:16 (of sheep); followed by accusative of person + of thing (food) Gen 47:12 (J), 1Kgs 18:4; 1Kgs 18:13.

2. contain, followed by accusative of person 1Kgs 8:27; 2Chr 2:5*; 2Chr 6:18 (heavens cannot contain ‎׳‎‎י‎); hold in, restrain Yahweh's word within one, Jer 20:9.

3. support, endure, sickness ‎רוּחַ אִישׁ‎ ‎מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎יְכַל‎ Prov 18:14; Mal 3:2 (object ‎אֶתיֿוֺם בּוֺאוֺ‎); of sustaining a cause, in court, ‎דְּבָרָיו בְּמִשְׁפָּט‎ ‎׳‎‎יְכַל‎ Ps 112:5. Polpal Perfect 3 plural ‎כָּלְכְּלוּ‎ were supplied with food 1Kgs 20:27 (Klo proposes ‎בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ‎). Hiph`il Imperfect ‎יָכִיל‎ 1Kgs 7:26 + 2 t. etc.; Infinitive construct ‎הָכִיל‎ Jer 6:11 + 5 t.; — contain, hold, hold in, endure;

1. contain, followed by accusative (of liquid) 1Kgs 7:26; 1Kgs 7:38; 2Chr 4:5 in figure Jer 2:13, absolute Ezek 23:32 (of burnt-offering) 1Kgs 8:64; 2Chr 7:7 hold in (wrath of ‎׳‎‎י‎, object not expressed, subject Jeremiah) Jer 6:11 (opposed to ‎שָׁפַךְ‎).

2. sustain, endure, followed by accusative Amos 7:10; Jer 10:10; Joel 2:11.

Also see: כַּלְכֹּל

‎כִּלְכֵּל‎ verb, ‎כַּלְכֹּל‎ proper name, masculine see below ‎כול‎.

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