Strong’s H3599 · Hebrew
כִּיס
kîyç
keece
Definition
a cup; also a bag formoney or weights
Etymology
a form for H3563 (כּוֹס);
Where the KJV renders it
- bag
- cup
- purse
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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