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Kis (כיס) means tasca in Hebrew.

It can also mean pocket. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

כִּיס
kis
noun · masculine
In English

tasca, pocket

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with כ

The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Kis.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    תא בבגד לאחסון חפצים שנוצר באמצעות תפירה של טלאי.
    לֹא-יִהְיֶה לְךָ בְּכִיסְךָ אֶבֶן וָאָבֶן גְּדוֹלָה וּקְטַנָּה
  2. 2
    בהשאלהתכולת ממונו של אדם.
    גּוֹרָלְךָ תַּפִּיל בְּתוֹכֵנוּ כִּיס אֶחָד יִהְיֶה לְכֻלָּנוּ
  3. 3
    אנטומיהקפל עור בנקבות יונקים.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Kis is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
כִּיס
Written without vowel points
כיס
Said
kis
Root
כ־י־ס
Pattern
קִיל
Plural
כִּיסִים
Inflections
ר' כִּיסִים, כִּיסֵי־
Gematria
90

This is how Kis is said in other languages.

English
tasca, pocket
Arabic
جَيْب
Russian
карман
French
poche
Spanish
bolsa
German
Tasche
Yiddish
קעשענע, טאַש

These words rhyme with Kis.

The word Kis is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • אוניית כיס
  • בשלושה דברים אדם ניכר: בכוסו, בכיסו, ובכעסו
  • גנב כיס
  • דמי כיס
  • חית כיס
  • יונק כיס
  • כיס אויר
  • כיס מרה
  • מכניס בכיס הקטן
  • פק"ל כיסים
  • שעון כיס

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The word Kis comes from the root כ־י־ס, like these words.

These words come before and after Kis in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Kis.

What does Kis (⁨כיס⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Kis (⁨כיס⁩) means tasca and pocket. It is said kis, with the stress on kis.

What rhymes with Kis (⁨כיס⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Kis (⁨כיס⁩) include ⁨בסיס⁩, ⁨כרטיס⁩, ⁨עסיס⁩, ⁨תכסיס⁩, ⁨סריס⁩, and ⁨רסיס⁩.

Is Kis (⁨כיס⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Kis (⁨כיס⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨כִּיסִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כיס of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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