3627. keli
Lexical Summary
keli: an article, utensil, vessel
Original Word: כְּלִי
Transliteration: keli
Phonetic Spelling: (kel-ee')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: an article, utensil, vessel
Meaning: something prepared, any apparatus
Strong's Concordance
armour bearer, artillery, bag, carriage, furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel,

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

see HEBREW kalah

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H3627. keli

כְּלִי324 noun masculineHosea 8:8 article, utensil, vessel (Late Hebrew id.; according to Thes from כלה‎ = conficere, like German Zeug fromzeugen; properly therefore anything finished, made, produced; according to BaZMG 1887, 605 from meaning enclose, contain; he finds plural of כְּלִי‎ in כלאי‎ M-I:23 (compare כלאים‎)) — ׳כ‎ absolute Jeremiah 18:4 +; הַכֶּ֑לִי1 Samuel 17:49; 21:6; construct כְּלִיHosea 13:15 +; suffix כֶּלְיְךָDeuteronomy 23:25; plural כֵּלִיםExodus 22:6 +; construct כְּלֵיGenesis 24:53 +; suffix כֵּלַי31:37 2t.; כֵּלֶיךָ27:3; Ezekiel 12:4; כֵּלֵינוּ1 Samuel 9:7; כְּלֵיכֶםGenesis 43:11 +; כְּלֵיהֶםJoshua 7:11 +; —

1 in General, article, object, made of any material, thing, especially thing of value ׳כ זָהָב1 Samuel 6:8, 15 (images of mice, etc.), personal or household property Genesis 31:37 (twice in verse) (E; vb כְּלֵיבֵֿיתֶ֑ךָ כֹּל‎), 45:20 (E), טוֺבִיָּהוּ בֵיתֿ כְּלֵיNehemiah 13:18; Joshua 7:11 (JE), כֵּלִים אוֺ כֶּסֶףExodus 22:6 (E) money or articles (property), כְּלִימָּֿ֑זJob 28:17 (apparently collective); things carried, plural = stuff, load, baggage (impedimenta) 1 Samuel 17:22 (twice in verse), apparently = baggage-train 10:22; 25:13; 30:24; Isaiah 10:28; (compare Genesis 31:37 above); גוֺלָה כְּלֵיthings of exile, i.e. the most necessary articles, such as exiles may take, Jeremiah 46:19; Ezekiel 12:3-4,b; 12:7b, compare 12:4a, 12:7a; = ornaments or jewels Genesis 24:53 (J; ׳כ וכ ׳כֶסֶף זָהָב‎, probably = ornaments), ׳כ וכ ׳כסף זהב‎ also Exodus 3:22; 11:2; 12:35 (all E); Isaiah 61:10; Exodus 35:22; Numbers 31:50, מַעֲשֶׂה כְּלֵי31:51 (all P), יְקָר כְּלִיProverbs 20:15 (in figurative), ׳כ תִפְאַרְתֵּךְEzekiel 16:17, 39; 23:26 ( all in figure); נְחשֶׁת כְּלֵי‎ as merchandise 27:13; כֵּלִים‎ as cargo of ship Jonah 1:5; וּבַרְזֶל נְחשֶׁת וּכְלֵי וזהב כסףJoshua 6:19, 24 (J E; spoil of war); of any household article (on which one sits) Leviticus 15:4, 6, 22, 23, 26 (all P); of skin Numbers 31:20, or wood 31:20 (P); חֶמְדָּה כְּלִיNahum 2:10 precious thing, so Hosea 13:15 (figurative), Jeremiah 25:34 (simile), 2 Chronicles 32:27; Daniel 11:8, חֲמֻדוֺת כלי2 Chronicles 20:25 (apparently = ornaments); also בּוֺ אֵיןחֵֿפֶץ כְּלִיJeremiah 22:28 (figurative of Coniah, "" נָפוּץ נִבְזֶה עֶצֶב‎), Hosea 8:8 (simile; compare Jeremiah 48:38 below); specifically of garments (one's 'things'): כְּלִיגֶֿבֶרDeuteronomy 22:5 ("" אִשָּׁה שִׂמְלַת‎), so עוֺר כְּלִיֿLeviticus 13:49 (compare עוֺר מְלֶאכֶת13:48), 13:52; 13:53; 13:57; 13:58; 13:59 (all P).

2 utensil, implement, apparatus:

a. implement of hunting and (especially) war, = weapon Genesis 27:3 (J), 1 Samuel 20:40; 21:9 (כֵּלַי וְגַם חַרְבִּי גַּם‎), 1 Kings 11:8 2 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Kings 11:11; Isaiah 54:16-17, Jeremiah 22:7; probably also Numbers 35:32, בַּרְזֶל כְּלִי35:16, עֵץיָֿד כְּלִי35:18 (all P); חָמָם כְּלֵיGenesis 49:5 (poem); מַשְׁחֵתוֺ כְּלִיEzekiel 9:1, ׳כ מַמָּצוֺ9:2; figurative of God's weapons כְּלֵימָֿוֶתPsalm 7:14 ("" חִצָּיו‎); ׳כ זַעְמוֺIsaiah 13:5; Jeremiah 50:25; of entire equipment of warrior, armour or armament offensive and defensive 1 Samuel 17:54 (compare 17:5ff.), 21:6 (twice in verse) (see DrSm 139. 293), 31:9-10, = 1 Chronicles 10:9-10, hence (כֵּלָיוׅ כֵלִים נשֵֹׁאarmour+?weapon-bearer Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 14:1, 6, 7, 12 (twice in verse); 14:13 (twice in verse); 14:14, 17; 16:21; 31:4 (twice in verse); 31:5-6, = 1 Chronicles 10:4 (twice in verse); 10:5, 2 Samuel 18:15; 23:37 = 1 Chronicles 11:39; figurative רָעִים כֵּלָיו וְכֵלַיIsaiah 32:7 and a knave, his weapons (i.e. devices, Che 'machinations') are evil; more precisely מִלְחָמָה כְּלֵיJudges 18:11, 16, 17; 1 Samuel 8:12; 2 Samuel 1:27; Deuteronomy 1:41; Jeremiah 21:4; 50:20 (figurative), Ezekiel 32:27; 1 Chronicles 12:34 (van d. H v.12:33); מִלְחָמָה צְבָא כְּלֵי12:38 (van d. H v.12:37); קְרָב כְּלֵיEcclesiastes 9:18; כֵּלָיו בֵּית2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2 is perhaps armoury; ׳כEzekiel 40:42 is sacrificial knife.

b. instrument of music (הַ)שִּׁיר כְּלֵיAmos 6:5; 1 Chronicles 15:16; 16:42; 2 Chronicles 5:13; 7:6; 23:13; 34:12; דָוִיד כְּלֵי29:26-27, דָּוִיד׳כ שִֿׁירNehemiah 12:36; נֶבֶל כְּלִיPsalm 71:22, ׳כ נְבָלִים1 Chronicles 16:5; כֵּלִים‎ alone 23:5, compare Numbers 31:6 (P; הַקֹּדֶשׁ כְּלֵי‎); — for (ליהוהׅ עֹז בִּכְלֵי2 Chronicles 30:21 read בְּכָלעֹֿז‎ (KauAT, compare Be).

c. implement of labour, tool ׳כ בַרְזֶל1 Kings 6:7, or of one's calling, pursuit אֱוִלִי רֹעֶה כְּלִי קַחלְֿךָZechariah 11:15 (otherwise 1 Samuel 17:40, see 3).

d. equipment of oxen (yoke, etc.) 2 Samuel 24:22; 1 Kings 19:21.

e. רִכְכּוֺ כְּלֵי1 Samuel 8:22 his chariot-equipments.

f. as General term for utensils and furniture of Solomon's palace 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20; especially (very often) of tabernacle Exodus 25:9, 39; 27:3 +? 1 Kings 7:45, 47, 48; 2 Kings 12:14 +; of both palace and temple Jeremiah 27:18-19, 21; combinations are הַמִּשְׁכָּן כְּלֵיExodus 27:19, ׳כ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ38:3, ׳כ יהוהIsaiah 52:11, ׳כ י ׳בֵיתJeremiah 27:16; 28:3, 6; Ezra 1:7, י בֵּית חֶמְדַּת ׳כְּלֵי2 Chronicles 36:10, אֱלֹהִים ׳כ בֵית28:24 (twice in verse); 36:18; Nehemiah 13:9; Daniel 1:2, ׳כ הַמִּקְדָּשׁ‎ Nehemiah 10:40; ׳כ הַשָּׁרֵתNumbers 4:12 utensil of ministry, ׳כ עֲבֹדָתָם4:26; 1 Chronicles 9:28; 28:14 (twice in verse), ׳כ י בֵּית ׳עֲבוֺדַת28:13, ׳כ מַשָּׂאָם מִשְׁמֶרֶתNumbers 4:32; also ׳כ הַקֹּדֶשׁ1 Kings 8:4; 1 Chronicles 9:29; of appliances of idol-workship 2 Kings 23:4.

3 vessel, receptacle, of various materials and for various purposes Genesis 43:11 (J); 1 Samuel 9:7; Deuteronomy 23:25; = sack Genesis 42:25 (E; שַׂק‎ in "" clause, compare אַמְתַּחַת42:27); הָרֹעִים כְּלִיshepherd's bag or wallet 1 Samuel 17:40, compare 17:49; ׳כ חֶרֶשׂJeremiah 32:14 is earthen-ware receptacle for deed of sale; for liquids 1 Kings 17:10; 2 Kings 4:3 (twice in verse); 4:4, 6 (3 t. in verse), ׳כ מַשְׁקֶה1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20, שַׁמְנָהּ כְּלֵיNumbers 4:9, compare 4:10; אֶלכֶּֿ֑לִי מִכְּלִי הוּרַק וְלֹאJeremiah 48:11 (figurative), compare 48:12 ("" נְבָלִים‎); for cooking Leviticus 6:21 (׳כ חֶרֶשׂ‎), 6:21 (׳כ נְחשֶׁת‎); see also (הַ)יּוֺצֵר2 Samuel 17:28; Jeremiah 19:11 (simile), Psalm 2:9 (simile), כֶּ֑לִי לַצֹּרֵףProverbs 25:4; פָתוּחַ ׳כNumbers 19:15 an open (uncovered) vessel. ׳כ טָהוֺרIsaiah 66:20 a clean vessel; figurative of Eliakim's relatives הַנְּבָלִים כָּלכְּֿלֵי וְעַד הָאַגָּנוֺת מִכְּלֵי הַקָּטָ֑ן כְּלֵי22:24 the vessels of smallness (DaSynt. § 32, R. 5), from the basin-vessels to all the pitcher-vessels.

4 specifically כְּלֵיגֹֿמֶאIsaiah 18:2 vessels (boats) of paper-reed.

II. כלה‎ (√ of following; meaning unknown).








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