קֶסֶת

keset · writing case

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7083 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

keset (קֶסֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “writing case”.

An inkwell or writing case, the scribe's container for ink.

How to say it

ke·set

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The container of ink a scribe carried at his waist.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Ezekiel 9:2

    And look, six men coming from the direction of the upper gate that faces north, each with his instrument for smashing in his hand; and one man in their midst clothed in linen, with a scribe's inkhorn at his waist; and they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

  • Ezekiel 9:3

    And the glory of the Elohim of Israel had gone up from upon the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the scribe's inkhorn at his waist.

  • Ezekiel 9:11

    And look, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn at his waist, brought back word, saying, “I have done according to all that you commanded me.”