kilya · kidneys

What it means

kilya (כִּלְיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “kidneys”.

Figuratively, the innermost part of a person, the hidden thoughts and feelings.

How to say it

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. An animal's kidneys.
2. A person's innermost self, their feelings.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Exodus×2
• Leviticus×14
• Deuteronomy×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×5
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×4
• Lamentations×1

• Exodus 29:13

  You shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe on the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and offer them up in smoke on the altar.

• Exodus 29:22

  You shall take from the ram the fat and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh, for it is a ram of ordination,

• Leviticus 3:4

  the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

• Leviticus 3:10

  the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

• Leviticus 3:15

  the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

• Leviticus 4:9

  the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys,

• Leviticus 7:4

  the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

• Leviticus 8:16

  He took all the fat that was on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses offered it up in smoke on the altar.

• Leviticus 8:25

  He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh.

• Leviticus 9:10

  The fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering he offered up in smoke on the altar, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Leviticus 9:19

  and the fat portions from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver;

• Deuteronomy 32:14

  curds of cattle and milk of the flock, with the fat of lambs and rams, sons of Bashan, and male goats, with the fat of the kidneys of wheat; and the blood of the grape you drank, foaming wine.

• Job 16:13

  His archers surround me; he splits open my kidneys and does not have compassion; he pours out my gall on the ground.

• Job 19:27

  whom I will see for myself, and my eyes will look on him, and not a stranger. My kidneys are consumed within my bosom.

• Psalms 7:9

  May the evil of the wicked come to an end, and make firm the righteous; and the one who tests the hearts and the kidneys is the righteous Elohim.

• Psalms 16:7

  I will bless YHWH who counsels me; even at night my kidneys correct me.

• Psalms 26:2

  Examine me, YHWH, and put me to the test; refine my kidneys and my heart.

• Psalms 73:21

  When my heart grew sour and in my kidneys I felt pangs,

• Psalms 139:13

  For you created my kidneys; you wove me in the womb of my mother.

• Proverbs 23:16

  and my kidneys will exult when your lips speak what is right.

• Isaiah 34:6

  The sword of YHWH is full of blood, it is made fat with fat, with the blood of lambs and male goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for YHWH has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

• Jeremiah 11:20

  But YHWH Tsevaot, who judges righteously, who tests the kidneys and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have laid open my cause.

• Jeremiah 12:2

  You planted them; they have even taken root; they grow, they even produce fruit; near are you in their mouth, but far from their kidneys.

• Jeremiah 17:10

  I, YHWH, search the heart, I test the kidneys, to give to each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

• Jeremiah 20:12

  But YHWH Tsevaot, who tests the righteous, who sees the kidneys and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have laid open my cause.

• Lamentations 3:13

  He has brought into my kidneys the sons of his quiver.

And 5 more times.