Strong’s H3627 · Hebrew

כְּלִי
kᵉlîy
kel-ee'

Definition

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

Etymology

from H3615 (כָּלָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • 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

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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