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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