Keli כְּלִי

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Keli
כְּלִי
Transliterationkeli
Strong's numberH3627
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossarticle/utensil
Occurrences325 in 276 verses
Most frequent inExodus (28)

Keli (Hebrew כְּלִי, Strong's H3627) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “article/utensil”. It occurs 325 times in 276 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVvessels (132), instruments (37), vessel (34), jewels (20), weapons (17), stuff (14), thing (11), armour (10), furniture (7), weapon (4), made (2), instrument (2), and 14 other renderings
BSBarticles (52), its utensils (19), utensils (12), instruments (12), furnishings (10), weapons (10), article (9), vessel (9), vessels (7), equipment (6), pot (6), jar (6), and 76 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Keli, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Amos

Jonah

Nahum

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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