כִּלְיָה
kil.yahkidneyHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine31 occurrences9 books26 verses
Definition
feminine of H3627 (only in the plural); a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
Traditional renderings: kidneys, reins.
Traditional renderings: kidneys, reins.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כִּלְיָה:
- νεφρόςnephros“mind”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
31 total
- Exodus 29:13הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת · kidneysTake all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
- Exodus 29:22הַכְּלָיֹ֗ת · kidneysTake the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),
- Leviticus 3:4הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת · kidneys; הַכְּלָי֖וֹת · the kidneys…both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
- Leviticus 3:10הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת · kidneys; הַכְּלָיֹ֖ת · the kidneys…both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
- Leviticus 3:15הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת · kidneys; הַכְּלָיֹ֖ת · the kidneys…both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
- Leviticus 4:9הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת · kidneys; הַכְּלָי֖וֹת · the kidneys…both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys—
- Leviticus 7:4הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת · kidneys; הַכְּלָיֹ֖ת · the kidneys…both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.
- Leviticus 8:16הַכְּלָיֹ֖ת · kidneysMoses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar.
- Leviticus 8:25הַכְּלָיֹ֖ת · kidneysAnd Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.
- Leviticus 9:10הַכְּלָיֹ֜ת · the kidneysOn the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 9:19וְהַכְּלָיֹ֔ת · the entrails, the kidneysThey also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver—
- Deuteronomy 32:14כִּלְי֣וֹת · grains…with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
- Job 16:13כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי · my kidneysHis archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
- Job 19:27כִלְיֹתַ֣י · How my heartI will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
- Psalm 7:9וּכְלָי֗וֹת · and mindsPut an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
- Psalm 16:7כִלְיוֹתָֽי׃ · my conscienceI will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
- Psalm 26:2כִלְיוֹתַ֣י · my heartTest me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
- Psalm 73:21וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י · withinWhen my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
- Psalm 139:13כִלְיֹתָ֑י · my inmost beingFor You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
- Proverbs 23:16כִלְיוֹתָ֑י · My inmost beingMy inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
- Isaiah 34:6כִּלְי֣וֹת · of the kidneysThe sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Jeremiah 11:20כְּלָי֖וֹת · the heartO LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
- Jeremiah 12:2מִכִּלְיוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ · from their heartsYou planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Jeremiah 17:10כְּלָי֑וֹת · the mindI, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Jeremiah 20:12כְלָי֖וֹת · the heartO LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
- Lamentations 3:13בְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔י · my kidneysHe pierced my kidneys with His arrows.