כִּיס
𐤊𐤉𐤎
kîyç
H3599 noun
SILEX Entry
Definition
A container, pouch, or vessel, most commonly a bag or purse used for holding money or valuables, and in a few cases, a cup or goblet. The term generally refers to a receptacle for carrying or storing items of value, especially money or weights, and less frequently, to a liquid-holding vessel.
Semantic Range
purse, money bag, pouch, bag for valuables or weights; (rarely) cup, goblet, hollow vessel
Root / Etymology
From the root כּוּס (kws), likely relating to hollow containers or vessels; כִּיס is a derivative form with a primary sense of a bag, pouch, or purse. In some contexts, its form and meaning overlap with כּוֹס (kos, 'cup'), reflecting the root idea of containing or enclosing, but the two words diverged with כִּיס predominantly denoting a soft container for valuables and כּוֹס typically referring to a drinking vessel.
Historical & Contextual Notes
Historically, כִּיס appears in contexts relating to personal property, wealth, and the handling of money or valuables (e.g., Proverbs 1:14, "let us all have one purse"). In most biblical occurrences, the term means a flexible pouch or bag worn on the person, used for coins, weights, or other small valuables. Only rarely does it refer to a cup or goblet; in these cases, the word may function as a variant spelling or dialectal form relating to כּוֹס. Standard English translations often render it as 'purse,' 'bag,' or 'money bag,' which accurately reflect its basic meaning, but occasionally obscure its overlap with terms for containers or cups, especially in variant spellings. Over time, the term retained its primary association with money pouches, while the association with drinking vessels (cup) became restricted to contexts where the form or pronunciation aligns with כּוֹס.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
a form for כּוֹס; a cup; also a bag formoney or weights; bag, cup, purse.
Bantu Hebrew
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כוס (k-w-s) — to contain, to enclose, to gather into a hollow vessel
| Strong's | Lemma | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
| H3563 | כּוֹס | in the cup |
Word Forms
6 distinct forms
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H3599-03 |
כִּ֥יס | kis | HNcmsa |
purse | money-pouch | 1 |
H3599-02 |
כִֽיס | khis | HNcmsa |
the bag | valuables pouch | 1 |
H3599-01 |
בְּ/כִֽיסְ/ךָ֖ | bekhisekha | HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms |
in your bag | in your purse | 1 |
H3599-06 |
ב/כיס | vkhys | HRd/Ncmsa |
in the cup | in a money-pouch | 1 |
H3599-04 |
מִ/כִּ֔יס | mikis | HR/Ncmsa |
from the purse | money pouch | 1 |
H3599-05 |
וּ/בְ/כִ֖יס | uvekhis | HC/R/Ncmsc |
and with a bag | and in a money-pouch of | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H3599-01 |
Deuteronomy 25:13 | בְּ/כִֽיסְ/ךָ֖ | bekhisekha | HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms |
in your bag | in your purse |
H3599-04 |
Isaiah 46:6 | מִ/כִּ֔יס | mikis | HR/Ncmsa |
from the purse | money pouch |
H3599-05 |
Micah 6:11 | וּ/בְ/כִ֖יס | uvekhis | HC/R/Ncmsc |
and with a bag | and in a money-pouch of |
H3599-03 |
Proverbs 1:14 | כִּ֥יס | kis | HNcmsa |
purse | money-pouch |
H3599-02 |
Proverbs 16:11 | כִֽיס | khis | HNcmsa |
the bag | valuables pouch |
H3599-06 |
Proverbs 23:31 | ב/כיס | vkhys | HRd/Ncmsa |
in the cup | in a money-pouch |