Strong's Definition
from an unused root meaning to hold together; a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
KJV Usage: cup, (small) owl. Compare 3599
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כּוֹס (kos) — cup. cup
כּוֹס (kos) — owl. a kind of owl (an unclean bird)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Containers
cup = small, bowl-shaped container ► used for drinking; ≈ often used figuratively to denote one's portion in life, received from God
GEN 40:11 · GEN 40:11 · GEN 40:11 · GEN 40:13 · GEN 40:21 · 2SA 12:3 · 1KI 7:26 · 2CH 4:5 · PSA 11:6 · PSA 16:5 · PSA 23:5 · PSA 75:9 · PSA 116:13 · PRO 23:31 · ISA 51:17 · ISA 51:17 · ISA 51:22 · ISA 51:22 · JER 16:7 · JER 25:15 · JER 25:17 · JER 25:28 · JER 35:5 · JER 49:12 · JER 51:7 · LAM 4:21 · EZK 23:31 · EZK 23:32 · EZK 23:33 · EZK 23:33 · HAB 2:16
noun m
Birds
little owl exact meaning unknown; probably: = a small type of owl, of about 25 centimeters (10 inches) in length, with a short tail and without ear tufts, which feeds at night mainly on insects and nestlings; it nests in holes in banks or termite hills; ◄ Athene noctua; ► unclean and therefore not to be eaten
1 PRO 23:31 MT-Q בַּכֹּוס | MT-K בכיס = כִּיס 2 LEV 11:17 · DEU 14:16 RSV NIV NJPS NRSV "(little) owl" | NJB "horned owl" | REB "tawny owl" 3 PSA 102:7 RSV NIV NJPS REB "owl" | NJB "screech-owl" | NRSV "little owl"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כּוֹס n.f. cup base
כּוֹס n.[m.] a kind of owl base