What does קוֹא mean in the Bible?
קוֹא is a Hebrew word meaning "to vomit".
Hebrew · H6958
קוֹא
To vomit
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קוֹא H6958
What does קוֹא mean in the Bible?
קוֹא is a Hebrew word meaning "to vomit".
Full entry for קוֹא (H6958) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6958?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and it vomited (1), and vomit it up (1), but vomits it out (1), it spewed out (1), it will vomit you out (1).
Where does קוֹא appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 18:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (4), Proverbs (2), Job (1), Jonah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and it vomited 1× Jonah 2:10
and vomit it up 1× Proverbs 25:16
but vomits it out 1× Job 20:15
it spewed out 1× Leviticus 18:28
it will vomit you out 1× Leviticus 18:28
vomit you out 1× Leviticus 20:22
will vomit out 1× Leviticus 18:25
You will vomit up 1× Proverbs 23:8
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 18:25 וַתָּקִ֥א to will vomit out Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Leviticus 18:28 תָקִ֤יא to it will vomit you out Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Leviticus 18:28 קָאָ֛ה to it spewed out Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Leviticus 20:22 תָקִ֤יא to vomit you out Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Job 20:15 וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ to but vomits it out Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Proverbs 23:8 תְקִיאֶ֑נָּה to You will vomit up Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Proverbs 25:16 וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃ to and vomit it up Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Jonah 2:10 וַיָּקֵ֥א to and it vomited Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Leviticus 18:25
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 4
Leviticus 4 Job 1 Proverbs 2 Jonah 1
Source forms
תָקִ֤יא 2x ṯā·qî Leviticus 18:28, Leviticus 20:22
וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃ 1x wa·hă·qê·ṯōw Proverbs 25:16
וַיָּקֵ֥א 1x way·yā·qê Jonah 2:10
וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ 1x way·qi·’en·nū Job 20:15
וַתָּקִ֥א 1x wat·tā·qi Leviticus 18:25
קָאָ֛ה 1x qā·’āh Leviticus 18:28
תְקִיאֶ֑נָּה 1x ṯə·qî·’en·nāh Proverbs 23:8
Parsing patterns
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular 2x Leviticus 18:28, Leviticus 20:22
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular 1x Proverbs 25:16
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular 1x Leviticus 18:25
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Jonah 2:10
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular 1x Job 20:15
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular 1x Proverbs 23:8
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular 1x Leviticus 18:28
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to vomit
Source Gloss
to vomit
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to vomit BDB: vomit up Usage: spue (out), vomit (out, up, up again).
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 2×
Imperfect Lev 18:28 · Lev 20:22 2×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 1×
Perfect Lev 18:28 1×
Word Origins
קוֹא is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain