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כְּלִי

ke.liarticle/utensilHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine325 occurrences30 books276 verses

Definition

from H3615; something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Traditional renderings: armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, × one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, whatsoever.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כְּלִי:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

325 total
  1. Joshua 6:24וּכְלֵ֤י · and articles
    Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
  2. Joshua 7:11בִכְלֵיהֶֽם׃ · with their own possessions
    Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
  3. Judges 9:54כֵלָ֗יו
    He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
  4. Judges 18:11כְּלֵ֥י · with weapons
    So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
  5. Judges 18:16כְּלֵ֣י · with their weapons
    The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
  6. Judges 18:17כְּלֵ֥י
    And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
  7. Ruth 2:9הַכֵּלִ֔ים · the jars
    Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
  8. 1 Samuel 6:8כְּלֵ֣י · objects
    Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
  9. 1 Samuel 6:15כְלֵֽי־ · objects
    And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
  10. 1 Samuel 8:12כְּלֵֽי־ · his weapons; וּכְלֵ֥י · and equipment
    He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
  11. 1 Samuel 9:7מִכֵּלֵ֔ינוּ · in our packs
    “If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”
  12. 1 Samuel 10:22הַכֵּלִֽים׃ · the baggage
    So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
  13. 1 Samuel 14:1כֵלָ֔יו · his armor
    One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
  14. 1 Samuel 14:6כֵלָ֗יו · his armor
    Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
  15. 1 Samuel 14:7כֵלָ֔יו
    His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
  16. 1 Samuel 14:12כֵלָ֗יו; כֵלָיו֙
    So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
  17. 1 Samuel 14:13כֵלָ֖יו; כֵלָ֖יו
    So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.
  18. 1 Samuel 14:14כֵלָ֖יו
    In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men in about half an acre of land.
  19. 1 Samuel 14:17כֵלָֽיו׃
    Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
  20. 1 Samuel 16:21כֵלִֽים׃
    When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.
  21. 1 Samuel 17:22הַכֵּלִ֜ים · his supplies; הַכֵּלִ֔ים
    Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
  22. 1 Samuel 17:40בִּכְלִ֨י · bag
    And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
  23. 1 Samuel 17:49הַכֶּ֗לִי · his bag
    Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
  24. 1 Samuel 17:54כֵּלָ֖יו · Goliath’s weapons
    David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
  25. 1 Samuel 20:40כֵּלָ֔יו · his equipment
    Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
  26. 1 Samuel 21:5כְלֵֽי־ · And the bodies; בַּכֶּֽלִי׃
    David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
  27. 1 Samuel 21:8כֵּלַי֙ · my weapons
    Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
  28. 1 Samuel 25:13הַכֵּלִֽים׃ · the supplies
    And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
  29. 1 Samuel 30:24הַכֵּלִ֖ים · the supplies
    Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
  30. 1 Samuel 31:4כֵלָ֜יו; כֵלָ֔יו
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  31. 1 Samuel 31:5כֵלָ֖יו
    When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
  32. 1 Samuel 31:6כֵלָ֜יו
    So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
  33. 1 Samuel 31:9כֵּלָ֑יו · his armor
    They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
  34. 1 Samuel 31:10כֵּלָ֔יו · his armor
    They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
  35. 2 Samuel 1:27כְּלֵ֥י · and the weapons
    How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”
  36. 2 Samuel 8:10כְּלֵֽי־ · articles; וּכְלֵֽי־ · and; וּכְלֵ֥י · and
    …he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
  37. 2 Samuel 17:28וּכְלִ֣י · vessels
    They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
  38. 2 Samuel 18:15כְּלֵ֣י · armor
    And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
  39. 2 Samuel 23:37כְּלֵ֖י
    Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
  40. 2 Samuel 24:22וּכְלֵ֥י · yokes
    Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
  41. 1 Kings 6:7כְּלִ֣י · tool
    The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
  42. 1 Kings 7:45הַכֵּלִ֣ים · the articles
    …and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.