Lexical Definition

‎כְּלִי‎ kᵉlîy (kel-ee') article/utensil ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּלָה‎

armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, [phrase] furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, [idiom] one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, [phrase] psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, [phrase] whatsoever.

• something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

1) article, vessel, implement, utensil
1a) article, object (general)
1b) utensil, implement, apparatus, vessel
1b1) implement (of hunting or war)
1b2) implement (of music)
1b3) implement, tool (of labour)
1b4) equipment, yoke (of oxen)
1b5) utensils, furniture
1c) vessel, receptacle (general)
1d) vessels (boats) of paper-reed

See Greek: ἀγγεῖον · ἀγγεῖον · ἄγγελος · βουλή · ἐπιστολή · ἔργον · κόσμος · ὅπλον · ποτήριον · σκεῦος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כְּלִי‎₃₂₄ noun masculine^{Hos 8:8} article, utensil, vessel (Late Hebrew id.; according to Thes from ‎כלה‎ = conficere, like German Zeug fromzeugen; properly therefore anything finished, made, produced; according to Ba^{ZMG 1887, 605} from meaning enclose, contain; he finds plural of ‎כְּלִי‎ in ‎כלאי‎ M-I:23 (compare ‎כלאים‎)) — ‎׳‎‎כ‎ absolute Jer 18:4 +; ‎הַכֶּ֑לִי‎ 1Sam 17:49; 1Sam 21:6* construct ‎כְּלִי‎ Hos 13:15 +; suffix ‎כֶּלְיְךָ‎ Deut 23:25* plural ‎כֵּלִים‎ Exod 22:6* +; construct ‎כְּלֵי‎ Gen 24:53 +; suffix ‎כֵּלַי‎ Gen 31:37 + 2 t.; ‎כֵּלֶיךָ‎ Gen 27:3; Ezek 12:4 ‎כֵּלֵינוּ‎ 1Sam 9:7 ‎כְּלֵיכֶם‎ Gen 43:11 +; ‎כְּלֵיהֶם‎ Josh 7:11 +; —

1. in general, article, object, made of any material, thing, especially thing of value ‎זָהָב‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 1Sam 6:8; 1Sam 6:15 (images of mice, etc.), personal or household property Gen 31:37 (twice in verse) (E; v^b ‎כֹּל כְּלֵיבֵֿיתֶ֑ךָ‎), Gen 45:20 (E), ‎כְּלֵי בֵיתֿ‎ ‎טוֺבִיָּהוּ‎ Neh 13:18; Josh 7:11 (JE), ‎כֶּסֶף אוֺ כֵּלִים‎ Exod 22:6* (E) money or articles (property), ‎כְּלִיפָּֿ֑ז‎ Job 28:17 (apparently collective); things carried, plural = stuff, load, baggage (impedimenta) 1Sam 17:22 (twice in verse), apparently = baggage-train 1Sam 10:22; 1Sam 25:13; 1Sam 30:24; Isa 10:28 (compare Gen 31:37 above); ‎כְּלֵי גוֺלָה‎ things of exile, i.e. the most necessary articles, such as exiles may take, Jer 46:19; Ezek 12:3; Ezek 12:4b; Ezek 12:7b, compare vEzek 12:4a, Ezek 12:7a; = ornaments or jewels Gen 24:53 (J; ‎זָהָב‎ ‎׳‎‎כֶסֶף וכ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎, probably = ornaments), ‎זהב‎ ‎׳‎‎כסף וכ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ also Exod 3:22; Exod 11:2; Exod 12:35 (all E); Isa 61:10; Exod 35:22; Num 31:50, ‎כְּלֵי מַעֲשֶׂה‎ vNum 31:51 (all P), ‎כְּלִי יְקָר‎ Prov 20:15 (in figurative), ‎תִפְאַרְתֵּךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Ezek 16:17; Ezek 16:39; Ezek 23:26 ( all in figure); ‎כְּלֵי נְחשֶׁת‎ as merchandise Ezek 27:13 ‎כֵּלִים‎ as cargo of ship Jonah 1:5 ‎כסף וזהב וּכְלֵי נְחשֶׁת‎ ‎וּבַרְזֶל‎ Josh 6:19; Josh 6:24 (J E; spoil of war); of any household article (on which one sits) Lev 15:4; Lev 15:6; Lev 15:22; Lev 15:23; Lev 15:26 (all P); of skin Num 31:20, or wood vNum 31:20 (P); ‎כְּלִי‎ ‎חֶמְדָּה‎ Nah 2:10* precious thing, so Hos 13:15 (figurative), Jer 25:34 (simile), 2Chr 32:27; Dan 11:8, ‎כלי חֲמֻדוֺת‎ 2Chr 20:25 (apparently = ornaments); also ‎כְּלִי אֵיןחֵֿפֶץ בּוֺ‎ Jer 22:28 (figurative of Coniah, || ‎עֶצֶב נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ‎), Hos 8:8 (simile; compare Jer 48:38 below); specifically of garments (one's 'things'): ‎כְּלִיגֶֿבֶר‎ Deut 22:5 (|| ‎שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה‎), so ‎כְּלִיֿ‎ ‎עוֺר‎ Lev 13:49 (compare ‎מְלֶאכֶת עוֺר‎ vLev 13:48), vLev 13:52 vLev 13:53 vLev 13:57 vLev 13:58 vLev 13:59 (all P).

2. utensil, implement, apparatus:
a. implement of hunting and (especially) war, = weapon Gen 27:3 (J), 1Sam 20:40; 1Sam 21:9* (‎גַּם חַרְבִּי וְגַם כֵּלַי‎), 1Kgs 11:8 = 2Chr 23:7; 1Kgs 11:11; Isa 54:16; Isa 54:17; Jer 22:7 probably also Num 35:32, ‎כְּלִי בַּרְזֶל‎ vNum 35:16, ‎כְּלִי עֵץיָֿד‎ vNum 35:18 (all P); ‎כְּלֵי‎ ‎חָמָם‎ Gen 49:5 (poem); ‎כְּלִי מַשְׁחֵתוֺ‎ Ezek 9:1, ‎מַפָּצוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ vEzek 9:2 figurative of God's weapons ‎כְּלֵימָֿוֶת‎ Ps 7:14* (|| ‎חִצָּיו‎); ‎זַעְמוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Isa 13:5; Jer 50:25 of entire equipment of warrior, armour or armament offensive and defensive 1Sam 17:54 (compare v1Sam 17:5ff.), 1Sam 21:6* (twice in verse) (see Dr^{Sm 139. 293}), 1Sam 31:9; 1Sam 31:10 = 1Chr 10:9; 1Chr 10:10 hence ‎נשֵֹׁא כֵלִים (כֵּלָיוׅ‎ armour- or weapon-bearer Judg 9:54; 1Sam 14:1; 1Sam 14:6; 1Sam 14:7; 1Sam 14:12 (twice in verse); 1Sam 14:13 (twice in verse); 1Sam 14:14; 1Sam 14:17; 1Sam 16:21; 1Sam 31:4 (twice in verse); 1Sam 31:5; 1Sam 31:6 = 1Chr 10:4 (twice in verse); 1Chr 10:5, 2Sam 18:15; 2Sam 23:37 = 1Chr 11:39 figurative ‎וְכֵלַי כֵּלָיו רָעִים‎ Isa 32:7 and a knave, his weapons (i.e. devices, Che 'machinations') are evil; more precisely ‎כְּלֵי מִלְחָמָה‎ Judg 18:11; Judg 18:16; Judg 18:17; 1Sam 8:12; 2Sam 1:27; Deut 1:41; Jer 21:4; Jer 50:20 (figurative), Ezek 32:27; 1Chr 12:34* (van d. H v.1Chr 12:33*); ‎כְּלֵי צְבָא מִלְחָמָה‎ 1Chr 12:38* (van d. H v.1Chr 12:37*); ‎כְּלֵי קְרָב‎ Eccl 9:18 ‎בֵּית כֵּלָיו‎ 2Kgs 20:13 = Isa 39:2 is perhaps armoury; ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Ezek 40:42 is sacrificial knife.
b. instrument of music ‎כְּלֵי‎ ‎(הַ)שִּׁיר‎ Amos 6:5; 1Chr 15:16; 1Chr 16:42; 2Chr 5:13; 2Chr 7:6; 2Chr 23:13; 2Chr 34:12 ‎כְּלֵי דָוִיד‎ 2Chr 29:26; 2Chr 29:27, ‎שִֿׁיר דָּוִיד‎‎׳‎‎כ‎ Neh 12:36 ‎כְּלִי נֶבֶל‎ Ps 71:22, ‎נְבָלִים‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 1Chr 16:5 ‎כֵּלִים‎ alone 1Chr 23:5, compare Num 31:6 (P; ‎כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎); — for ‎בִּכְלֵי עֹז (ליהוהׅ‎ 2Chr 30:21 read ‎בְּכָלעֹֿז‎ (Kau^AT, compare Be).
c. implement of labour, tool ‎בַרְזֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 1Kgs 6:7, or of one's calling, pursuit ‎קַחלְֿךָ כְּלִי רֹעֶה אֱוִלִי‎ Zech 11:15 (otherwise 1Sam 17:40, see 3).
d. equipment of oxen (yoke, etc.) 2Sam 24:22; 1Kgs 19:21.
e. ‎כְּלֵי רִכְכּוֺ‎ 1Sam 8:22 his chariot-equipments. feminine as general term for utensils and furniture of Solomon's palace 1Kgs 10:21 = 2Chr 9:20 especially (very often) of tabernacle Exod 25:9; Exod 25:39; Exod 27:3 + (in Hexateuch always P), and temple 1Kgs 7:45; 1Kgs 7:47; 1Kgs 7:48; 2Kgs 12:14* +; of both palace and temple Jer 27:18; Jer 27:19; Jer 27:21 combinations are ‎כְּלֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן‎ Exod 27:19, ‎הַמִּזְבֵּחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Exod 38:3, ‎יהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Isa 52:11, ‎׳‎‎בֵית י‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Jer 27:16; Jer 28:3; Jer 28:6; Ezra 1:7, ‎׳‎‎כְּלֵי חֶמְדַּת בֵּית י‎ 2Chr 36:10, ‎בֵית‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ ‎אֱלֹהִים‎ 2Chr 28:24 (twice in verse); 2Chr 36:18; Neh 13:9; Dan 1:2, ‎הַמִּקְדָּשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Neh 10:40* ‎הַשָּׁרֵת‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Num 4:12 utensil of ministry, ‎עֲבֹדָתָם‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Num 4:26; 1Chr 9:28; 1Chr 28:14 (twice in verse), ‎׳‎‎עֲבוֺדַת בֵּית י‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 1Chr 28:13, ‎מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Num 4:32 also ‎הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 1Kgs 8:4; 1Chr 9:29 of appliances of idol-workship 2Kgs 23:4.

3. vessel, receptacle, of various materials and for various purposes Gen 43:11 (J); 1Sam 9:7; Deut 23:25* = sack Gen 42:25 (E; ‎שַׂק‎ in || clause, compare ‎אַמְתַּחַת‎ vGen 42:27); ‎כְּלִי הָרֹעִים‎ shepherd's bag or wallet 1Sam 17:40, compare v1Sam 17:49 ‎חֶרֶשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Jer 32:14 is earthen-ware receptacle for deed of sale; for liquids 1Kgs 17:10; 2Kgs 4:3 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 4:4; 2Kgs 4:6 (3 t. in verse), ‎מַשְׁקֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 1Kgs 10:21 = 2Chr 9:20, ‎כְּלֵי שַׁמְנָהּ‎ Num 4:9, compare vNum 4:10 ‎וְלֹא הוּרַק מִכְּלִי אֶלכֶּֿ֑לִי‎ Jer 48:11 (figurative), compare vJer 48:12 (|| ‎נְבָלִים‎); for cooking Lev 6:21* (‎חֶרֶשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎), v.Lev 6:21* (‎נְחשֶׁת‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎); see also ‎(הַ)יּוֺצֵר‎ 2Sam 17:28; Jer 19:11 (simile), Ps 2:9 (simile), ‎לַצֹּרֵף כֶּ֑לִי‎ Prov 25:4 ‎׳‎‎כ‎ ‎פָתוּחַ‎ Num 19:15 an open (uncovered) vessel. ‎טָהוֺר‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Isa 66:20 a clean vessel; figurative of Eliakim's relatives ‎כְּלֵי הַקָּטָ֑ן מִכְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֺת וְעַד כָּלכְּֿלֵי הַנְּבָלִים‎ Isa 22:24 the vessels of smallness (Da^{Synt. § 32, R. 5}), from the basin-vessels to all the pitcher-vessels.

4. specifically ‎כְּלֵיגֹֿמֶא‎ Isa 18:2 vessels (boats) of paper-reed.

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