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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. Jeremiah 52:20הַכֵּלִ֥ים · articles
    As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
  2. Ezekiel 4:9בִּכְלִ֣י · container
    But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.
  3. Ezekiel 9:1כְּלִ֥י · [with] a weapon
    Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”
  4. Ezekiel 9:2כְּלִ֤י · with a weapon
    And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
  5. Ezekiel 12:3כְּלֵ֣י · your bags
    Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
  6. Ezekiel 12:4כֵלֶ֜יךָ · your baggage; כִּכְלֵ֥י
    Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.
  7. Ezekiel 12:7כֵּ֠לַי · my bags; כִּכְלֵ֤י
    So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.
  8. Ezekiel 15:3כֶּֽלִי׃ · utensils
    Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?
  9. Ezekiel 16:17כְּלֵ֣י · jewelry
    You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
  10. Ezekiel 16:39כְּלֵ֣י · jewelry
    Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
  11. Ezekiel 23:26כְּלֵ֥י · jewelry
    They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.
  12. Ezekiel 27:13וּכְלֵ֣י · utensils
    Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
  13. Ezekiel 32:27בִּכְלֵֽי־ · with their weapons
    They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
  14. Ezekiel 40:42הַכֵּלִים֙ · the utensils
    There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.
  15. Daniel 1:2כְּלֵ֣י · of the articles; הַכֵּלִ֣ים · [them]
    And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
  16. Daniel 11:8כְּלֵ֨י · vessels
    He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,
  17. Hosea 8:8כִּכְלִ֖י · vessel
    Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
  18. Hosea 13:15כְּלִ֥י · article
    Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
  19. Amos 6:5כְּלֵי־ · instruments
    You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
  20. Jonah 1:5הַכֵּלִ֜ים · cargo
    The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
  21. Nahum 2:9כְּלִ֥י · thing
    “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
  22. Zechariah 11:15כְּלִ֖י · the equipment
    And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.