Lexical Definition

‎כֹּל‎ kôl (kole) all ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎כֹּל‎

all, any, + (forasmuch) as, + be-(for this) cause, every, + no (manner, -ne), + there (where) -fore, + though, what (where, who) -soever, (the) whole.

• {properly, the whole
• hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}

1) all, whole, the whole
1a) the whole of, all
1b) every, any, none

Extended Information

Aramaic of: כֹּל

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Also see: קְבֵל

‎כֹּל‎, ‎כָּלֿ‎: noun masculine the whole, all (Biblical Hebrew ‎כֹּל‎); — emphatic ‎כֹּלָּא‎ Dan 2:40 +, construct ‎כֹּל‎ Dan 2:12; Dan 3:2 +, ‎כָּלֿ‎ Dan 2:8 +, suffix 3 masculine plural ‎כָּלְּהוֺן‎ (so Palmyrene Lzb²⁹⁶ Cooke^{No. 117}, Tariff ii.c.19 ii b. 18) Dan 2:38; Dan 7:19 (Qr feminine ‎כָּכְּהֵּן‎); —

1. ‎כֹּל חַכִּימֵי בָבֶכ‎ the whole of ( = all) the wise men of B. Dan 3:2; Dan 3:3; Dan 3:5, etc.; Dan 6:2* ‎כלמֿלכותא‎ the whole ofthe kingdom, v.Dan 6:4* with suffix the whole of them, Dan 2:38; Dan 7:19.

2. with a singular noun, understood collectively, every, any, or with a negative none (Biblical Hebrew 1 b):Dan 3:29 ‎דִּי כָלעַֿם‎ ‎אֻמָּה וְלִשָּׁן‎ that every people, nation, and language, etc., Dan 6:8* ‎מִןכָּֿלאֱֿלָה‎ of any god, Ezra 6:12 ‎כָּלמֶֿלֶח וְעַם‎; ‎כל אנשׁ די‎ every man who = whoever, Dan 3:10; Dan 5:7; Dan 6:13*; Ezra 6:11; Dan 2:10 ‎שׁאל כל מלך ֗֗֗ לא‎ no king hath asked . . ., vDan 2:35; Dan 4:6*; Dan 6:5*; Dan 6:24* so ‎כָּלדִּֿי‎ (= Hebrew ‎כָּלאְִֿשֶׁר‎) whoever Dan 6:8*; Ezra 7:26, whatever vEzra 7:23, ‎בְּכָלדִּֿי‎ wherever Dan 2:38(compare ‎אְִשֶׁר‎ 4 b γ).

3. emphatic ‎כֹּלָּא‎, used absolutely, as Hebrew ‎הַכֹּל‎ (Biblical Hebrew 2 b): Dan 2:40 ‎חָשֵׁל כֹּלָּא‎ crushing all things, Dan 4:9*; Dan 4:18* ‎וּמָזוֺן לְכֹלָּאבֵֿהּ‎ and food for all was in it, v.Dan 4:25* ‎כֹּלָּא מְטָא‎ all came upon N. (compare ‎חַכֹּל בָּא‎ Josh 21:43), Ezra 5:7 ‎שְׁלָמָא כֹלָּא‎ all peace (K^{§ 83 d};) compare in Hebrew ‎כֻּלּוּ‎ etc., after their noun : Biblical Hebrew 1 d a). — For ‎כָּלקְָֿבֵל‎ see ‎קְָבֵל‎.

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