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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H3557 - Nourisher

Strong's No.:H3557

Hebrew:כּוּל

Transliteration:kûwl

Phonetic:kool

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:(be able {to} can) {abide} {bear} {comprehend} {contain} {feed} {forbearing} {guide} hold (-ing {in}) nourish ({-er}) be {present} make {provision} {receive} {sustain} provide sustenance (victuals).

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

properly to keep in; hence to measure; figuratively to maintain (in various senses)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to seize, contain, measure

a. (Qal) to measure, calculate

b. (Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain

1. to sustain, support, nourish

2. to contain, hold in, restrain

3. to support, endure

c. (Polpal) to be supplied

d. (Hilpil) to contain, hold, hold in, endure

1. to contain

2. to sustain, endure


Bible References:
Nourisher

Translation
Occurrences:
abide ( 3 )
bear ( 1 )
comprehended ( 1 )
consume ( 1 )
contain ( 3 )
contained ( 2 )
containeth ( 1 )
fed ( 3 )
feed ( 3 )
forbearing ( 1 )
guide ( 1 )
held ( 1 )
hold ( 1 )
holding ( 1 )
nourish ( 2 )
nourished ( 1 )
nourisher ( 1 )
present ( 1 )
provision ( 1 )
receive ( 1 )
sustain ( 4 )
sustenance ( 1 )
victual ( 1 )
victuals ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.