3627. keli
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keli: an article, utensil, vessel
Original Word: כְּלִי
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: keli
Phonetic Spelling: (kel-ee')
Short Definition: utensils

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from kalah
Definition
an article, utensil, vessel
NASB Translation
armor (24), armory* (1), article (10), articles (30), bag (2), baggage (12), bags (2), basket (1), bowls* (1), cargo (1), clothing (1), earthenware* (1), equipment (6), everything* (1), furnishings (10), furniture (4), gear (1), goods (6), implements (2), instruments (14), items (1), jar (2), jars (1), jars* (1), jewels (3), jewels* (1), object (3), pots (1), pottery (1), sack (1), something* (1), thing (5), things (3), tool (1), utensils (66), vessel (28), vessels (37), vessels of kinds (1), water (1), weapon (5), weapons (22), weapons of and equipment (1), yokes (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
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 +; הַכֶּ֑לִי 1 Samuel 17:49; 1 Samuel 21:6; construct כְּלִי Hosea 13:15 +; suffix כֶּלְיְךָ Deuteronomy 23:25; plural כֵּלִים Exodus 22:6 +; construct כְּלֵי Genesis 24:53 +; suffix כֵּלַי Genesis 31:37 2t.; כֵּלֶיךָ Genesis 27:3; Ezekiel 12:4; כֵּלֵינוּ 1 Samuel 9:7; כְּלֵיכֶם Genesis 43:11 +; כְּלֵיהֶם Joshua 7:11 +; —

1 in General, article, object, made of any material, thing, especially thing of value זָהָב ׳כ 1 Samuel 6:8,15 (images of mice, etc.), personal or household property Genesis 31:37 (twice in verse) (E; vb כֹּל כְּלֵיבֵֿיתֶ֑ךָ), Genesis 45:20 (E), כְּלֵי בֵיתֿ טוֺבִיָּהוּ Nehemiah 13:18; Joshua 7:11 (JE), כֶּסֶף אוֺ כֵּלִים Exodus 22:6 (E) money or articles (property), כְּלִימָּֿ֑ז Job 28:17 (apparently collective); things carried, plural = stuff, load, baggage (impedimenta) 1 Samuel 17:22 (twice in verse), apparently = baggage-train 1 Samuel 10:22; 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 30:24; Isaiah 10:28; (compare Genesis 31:37 above); כְּלֵי גוֺלָה things of exile, i.e. the most necessary articles, such as exiles may take, Jeremiah 46:19; Ezekiel 12:3,4b; Ezekiel 12:7b, compare Ezekiel 12:4a, Ezekiel 12:7a; = ornaments or jewels Genesis 24:53 (J; זָהָב ׳כֶסֶף וכ ׳כ, probably = ornaments), זהב ׳כסף וכ ׳כ also Exodus 3:22; Exodus 11:2; Exodus 12:35 (all E); Isaiah 61:10; Exodus 35:22; Numbers 31:50, כְּלֵי מַעֲשֶׂה Numbers 31:51 (all P), כְּלִי יְקָר Proverbs 20:15 (in figurative), תִפְאַרְתֵּךְ ׳כ Ezekiel 16:17,39; Ezekiel 23:26 ( all in figure); כְּלֵי נְחשֶׁת as merchandise Ezekiel 27:13; כֵּלִים as cargo of ship Jonah 1:5; כסף וזהב וּכְלֵי נְחשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל Joshua 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 Numbers 31:20 (P); כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה Nahum 2:10 precious thing, so Hosea 13:15 (figurative), Jeremiah 25:34 (simile), 2 Chronicles 32:27; Daniel 11:8, כלי חֲמֻדוֺת2Chronicles 20:25 (apparently = ornaments); also כְּלִי אֵיןחֵֿפֶץ בּוֺ Jeremiah 22:28 (figurative of Coniah, "" עֶצֶב נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ), Hosea 8:8 (simile; compare Jeremiah 48:38 below); specifically of garments (one's 'things'): כְּלִיגֶֿבֶר Deuteronomy 22:5 ("" שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה), so כְּלִיֿ עוֺר Leviticus 13:49 (compare מְלֶאכֶת עוֺר Leviticus 13:48), Leviticus 13:52; Leviticus 13:53; Leviticus 13:57; Leviticus 13:58; Leviticus 13:59 (all P).

2 utensil, implement, apparatus:

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

b. instrument of music כְּלֵי (הַ)שִּׁיר Amos 6:5; 1 Chronicles 15:16; 1 Chronicles 16:42; 2Chronicles 5:13; 7:6; 23:13; 34:12; כְּלֵי דָוִיד2Chronicles 29:26,27, שִֿׁיר דָּוִיד׳כ Nehemiah 12:36; כְּלִי נֶבֶל Psalm 71:22, נְבָלִים ׳כ 1 Chronicles 16:5; כֵּלִים alone 1 Chronicles 23:5, compare Numbers 31:6 (P; כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ); — for בִּכְלֵי עֹז (ליהוהׅ2Chronicles 30:21 read בְּכָלעֹֿז (KauAT, compare Be).

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

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

e. כְּלֵי רִכְכּוֺ 1 Samuel 8:22 his chariot-equipments.

f. as General term for utensils and furniture of Solomon's palace 1 Kings 10:21 2Chronicles 9:20; especially (very often) of tabernacle Exodus 25:9,39; Exodus 27:3 #NAME? 1 Kings 7:45,47,48; 2 Kings 12:14 +; of both palace and temple Jeremiah 27:18,19,21; combinations are כְּלֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 27:19, הַמִּזְבֵּחַ ׳כ Exodus 38:3, יהוה ׳כ Isaiah 52:11, ׳בֵית י ׳כ Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 28:3,6; Ezra 1:7, ׳כְּלֵי חֶמְדַּת בֵּית י2Chronicles 36:10, בֵית ׳כ אֱלֹהִים2Chronicles 28:24 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 36:18; Nehemiah 13:9; Daniel 1:2, הַמִּקְדָּשׁ ׳כ Nehemiah 10:40; הַשָּׁרֵת ׳כ Numbers 4:12 utensil of ministry, עֲבֹדָתָם ׳כ Numbers 4:26; 1 Chronicles 9:28; 1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse), ׳עֲבוֺדַת בֵּית י ׳כ 1 Chronicles 28:13, מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם ׳כ Numbers 4:32; also הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳כ 1 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 אַמְתַּחַת Genesis 42:27); כְּלִי הָרֹעִים shepherd's bag or wallet 1 Samuel 17:40, compare 1 Samuel 17:49; חֶרֶשׂ ׳כ Jeremiah 32:14 is earthen-ware receptacle for deed of sale; for liquids 1 Kings 17:10; 2 Kings 4:3 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 4:4,6 (3 t. in verse), מַשְׁקֶה ׳כ 1 Kings 10:21 2Chronicles 9:20, כְּלֵי שַׁמְנָהּ Numbers 4:9, compare Numbers 4:10; וְלֹא הוּרַק מִכְּלִי אֶלכֶּֿ֑לִי Jeremiah 48:11 (figurative), compare Jeremiah 48:12 ("" נְבָלִים); for cooking Leviticus 6:21 (חֶרֶשׂ ׳כ), Leviticus 6:21 (נְחשֶׁת ׳כ); see also (הַ)יּוֺצֵר 2 Samuel 17:28; Jeremiah 19:11 (simile), Psalm 2:9 (simile), לַצֹּרֵף כֶּ֑לִי Proverbs 25:4; ׳כ פָתוּחַ Numbers 19:15 an open (uncovered) vessel. טָהוֺר ׳כ Isaiah 66:20 a clean vessel; figurative of Eliakim's relatives כְּלֵי הַקָּטָ֑ן מִכְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֺת וְעַד כָּלכְּֿלֵי הַנְּבָלִים Isaiah 22:24 the vessels of smallness (DaSynt. § 32, R. 5), from the basin-vessels to all the pitcher-vessels.

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

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



Strong's
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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