קוֹל

qôwl · Hebrew · Strong's H6963 · 506 occurrences

The KJV renders 17 different Hebrew and Greek words as “sound”

What it means

a voice or sound

or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud;

How the KJV renders it

bleating, crackling, fame, lightness, lowing, noise, proclaim, proclamation, sound, thunder, voice

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“sound”

also renders bolízō (G1001), ēchéō (G2278), salpízō (G4537), hygiḗs (G5199), gínomai (G1096), phōnḗ (G5456), hygiaínō (G5198), ēchos (G2279), phthóngos (G5353), hâmâh (H1993), châtsar (H2690), marpêʼ (H4832), qâl (H7032), shâmaʻ (H8085), tâmîym (H8549), tâqaʻ (H8628)

“fame”

also renders akoḗ (G189), diaphēmízō (G1310), phḗmē (G5345), ēchos (G2279), lógos (G3056), shᵉmûwʻâh (H8052), shêmaʻ (H8088), shômaʻ (H8089)

“noise”

also renders phōnḗ (G5456), hâmôwn (H1995), hemyâh (H1998), rôgez (H7267), rêaʻ (H7452), shâʼôwn (H7588), tᵉshuʼâh (H8663)

“thunder”

also renders brontḗ (G1027), râʻam (H7481), raʻam (H7482), raʻmâh (H7483)

“voice”

also renders phōnḗ (G5456), psēphos (G5586), qâl (H7032)

“proclaim”

also renders kērýssō (G2784), shâmaʻ (H8085)

“bleating”

also renders shᵉrûwqâh (H8292)

“lightness”

also renders elaphría (G1644)

“proclamation”

also renders rinnâh (H7440)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

506 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 14:15 HNcmsc1 Chronicles 15:16 HR/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 15:28 HC/R/Ncmsc1 Kings 1:40 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp1 Kings 1:41 HNcmsc1 Kings 1:45 HTd/Ncmsa1 Kings 8:55 HNcmsa1 Kings 14:6 HNcmsc1 Kings 17:22 HR/Ncmsc1 Kings 18:26 HNcmsa1 Kings 18:27 HR/Ncmsa1 Kings 18:28 HR/Ncmsa1 Kings 18:29 HNcmsa1 Kings 18:41 HNcmsc1 Kings 19:12 HNcmsc1 Kings 19:13 HNcmsa1 Kings 20:25 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp1 Kings 20:36 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 1:13 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs1 Samuel 2:25 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 4:6 HNcmsc1 Samuel 4:14 HNcmsc1 Samuel 7:10 HR/Ncmsa1 Samuel 8:7 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 8:9 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp1 Samuel 8:19 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 8:22 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp1 Samuel 11:4 HNcmsc/Sp3mp1 Samuel 12:1 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mp1 Samuel 12:14 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 12:15 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 12:17 HNcmpa1 Samuel 12:18 HNcmpa1 Samuel 15:1 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 15:14 HC/Ncmsc1 Samuel 15:19 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 15:20 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 15:22 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 15:24 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp1 Samuel 19:6 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 24:16 HNcmsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 25:35 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2fs1 Samuel 26:17 HNcmsc1 Samuel 28:12 HR/Ncmsa1 Samuel 28:18 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 28:21 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms1 Samuel 28:22 HR/Ncmsc1 Samuel 28:23 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp1 Samuel 30:4 HNcmsc/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 5:13 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 15:14 HR/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 20:19 HR/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 23:12 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 24:9 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 30:5 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 30:27 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 32:18 HR/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 36:22 HNcmsa2 Kings 4:31 HNcmsa2 Kings 6:32 HNcmsc

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.