Voice
קוֹלStrong’s H6963qol
Appears in 436 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qol is the Hebrew word usually translated “sound of”, “voice of” and “voice”. It appears in 436 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.”
Meaning
- Voice, sound, noisevoice · sound (of instrument)
- Lightness, frivolity
How it's translated
- sound of 80
- to voice of 55
- and sound of 26
- voice of 25
- a voice 25
- voice my 23
- to voice my 22
- voice his 19
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 64
- Psalms 54
- Deuteronomy 35
- 1 Samuel 31
- Isaiah 31
- Exodus 24
35 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:10In contextNeither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
- Daniel 9:11In contextYea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
- Daniel 9:14In contextTherefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
- Daniel 10:6In contextHis body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
- Daniel 10:9In contextYet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
- Zechariah 6:15In contextAnd they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
All 436 verses, by book
- Genesis 23
- 3:83:103:174:104:2316:221:1221:1621:1722:1826:527:827:1327:2227:3827:4329:1130:639:1439:1539:1845:245:16
- Exodus 24
- 3:184:14:84:95:29:239:289:299:339:3415:2618:1918:2419:519:1619:1920:1823:2123:2224:328:3532:1732:1836:6
- Deuteronomy 35
- 1:341:454:124:304:334:365:225:235:245:255:265:288:209:2313:413:1815:518:1621:1821:2026:726:1426:1727:1027:1428:128:228:1528:4528:6230:230:830:1030:2033:7
- 1 Samuel 31
- 1:132:254:64:147:108:78:98:198:2211:412:112:1412:1512:1712:1815:115:1415:1915:2015:2215:2419:624:1625:3526:1728:1228:1828:2128:2228:2330:4
- Psalms 54
- 3:45:25:36:818:618:1319:326:727:728:228:629:329:429:529:729:829:931:2242:442:744:1646:647:147:555:355:1758:564:166:866:1968:3374:2377:177:1777:1881:1186:693:393:495:798:598:6102:5103:20104:7104:12106:25116:1118:15119:149130:2140:6141:1142:1
- Isaiah 31
- 6:46:810:3013:213:415:424:1424:1828:2329:429:630:1930:3030:3131:432:933:336:1337:2340:340:640:942:248:2050:1051:352:858:158:465:1966:6
- Jeremiah 64
- 2:153:93:133:213:254:154:164:194:214:294:316:176:237:237:287:348:168:199:109:139:1910:1310:2211:411:711:1612:816:918:1018:1922:2022:2125:1025:3025:3626:1330:530:1931:1531:1632:2333:1135:838:2040:342:642:1342:1442:2143:443:744:2346:2247:348:348:3449:2150:2250:2850:4250:4651:1651:5451:55
- Ezekiel 24
- 1:241:251:283:123:138:189:110:511:1319:719:921:2223:4226:1026:1326:1527:2827:3031:1633:433:533:3237:743:2
- Haggai 1
- 1:12
Hebrew dictionary
קוֹל qol · voice
: voice/shout/loud 1) voice, sound, noise 1a) voice 1b) sound (of instrument)
קֹל qol · frivolity
lightness, frivolity
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “voice” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VOICE, noun
[Latin vox; voco. The sense of the verb is to throw, to drive out sound; and voice is that which is driven out.]
- Sound or audible noise uttered by the mouth, either of human beings or of other animals.
- Any sound made by the breath; as the trumpet's voice
- A vote; suffrage; opinion or choice expressed.
- Language; words; expression.
All definitions and other forms of “voice”
- In Scripture, command; precept.“Ye would not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God” Deuteronomy 8:20
- Sound.“After the fire, a still small voice” 1 Kings 19:12“Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?” Job 40:9“The floods have lifted up their voice” Psalms 93:3
- Language; tone; mode of expression.“I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice” Galatians 4:20
- In grammar, a particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs; as the active voice; the passive voice
VOICE, verb transitive
- To rumor; to report.
- To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
- To vote.
VOICE, verb intransitive
To clamor; to exclaim. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.