Lexicon :: Strong's H3629 - kilyâ

כִּלְיָה
Transliteration
kilyâ
Pronunciation
kil-yaw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From כְּלִי (H3627) (only pl.)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 983a

Strong’s Definitions

כִּלְיָה kilyâh, kil-yaw'; feminine of H3627 (only in the plural); a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self):—kidneys, reins.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H3629 in the following manner: kidneys (18x), reins (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H3629 in the following manner: kidneys (18x), reins (13x).
  1. kidneys

    1. of physical organ (lit.)

    2. of seat of emotion and affection (fig.)

    3. of sacrificial animals

  2. (TWOT) reins

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כִּלְיָה kilyâh, kil-yaw'; feminine of H3627 (only in the plural); a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self):—kidneys, reins.
STRONGS H3629: Abbreviations
† [כִּלְיָה noun feminine only plural kidneys (Late Hebrew כִּלְיָה (plural); Aramaic כּוּלְיָא or כּוֺלְיָא (only plural), ; Ethiopic οἱ νεφροί); — absolute plural כְּלָיוֺת Jeremiah 11:20 + 5 times; כְּלָֹית Exodus 29:13 + 13 times; construct כִּלְיוֺת Deuteronomy 32:14; Isaiah 34:6; suffix כִּלְיוֺתַי Job 16:3 + 2 times; כִּלְֹיתַי Job 19:27; כִּלְיוֺתָ֑י Psalm 16:7; Proverbs 23:16; כִּלְֹיתָ֑י Psalm 139:13; Lamentations 3:13; כִּלְיוֺתֵיהֶם Jeremiah 12:2; — kidneys:
1. literally, as physical organ,
a. of man, only in poetry, as created by י׳ Psalm 139:13; as the most sensitive and vital part, in metaphor of one wounded by י׳'s arrows Job 16:13; Lamentations 3:13.
b. of sacrificial animals, offered as choice part to י׳ Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4; Leviticus 9:10, 19; שְׁתֵּי הַכּ׳ Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4; Leviticus 8:16, 25 (all P); in figure of sacrifice Edomites חֵלֶב כִּלְיוֺת אֵילִים Isaiah 34:6; transferred to wheat,חֵלֶב כִּלְיוֺת חִטָּה Deuteronomy 32:14 kidney-fat (i.e. the choicest, richest) of wheat.
2. figurative, as seat of emotion and affection Job 19:27; Proverbs 23:16; Psalm 16:7; Psalm 73:21; קָרוֺב אַתָּה בְּפִיהֶם וְרָחוֺק מִכּ׳ Jeremiah 12:2 near art thou in their mouth, and far from their affections; hence, as involving character, the object of God's examination, always || וָלֵב ׃לֵב כֹּחֵן כ׳ Jeremiah 11:20 compare Psalm 7:10, חֹקֵר לֵב כֹּחֵן כ׳ Jeremiah 17:10, וָלֵב בֹּחֵן צַדִּיק רֹאֶה כ׳ Jeremiah 20:12, וְלִבִּי צָרְו֯פָה כ׳ Psalm 26:2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

29:13; 29:13; 29:22

Leviticus

3:4; 3:4; 3:10; 3:10; 3:15; 3:15; 4:9; 4:9; 7:4; 7:4; 8:16; 8:25; 9:10; 9:19

Deuteronomy

32:14; 32:14

Job

16:3; 16:13; 19:27; 19:27

Psalms

7:10; 16:7; 16:7; 26:2; 73:21; 139:13; 139:13

Proverbs

23:16; 23:16

Isaiah

34:6; 34:6

Jeremiah

11:20; 11:20; 12:2; 12:2; 17:10; 20:12

Lamentations

3:13; 3:13