Kos (כוס) means glass in Hebrew.
It can also mean cup. It is a noun used in both the masculine and the feminine, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
glass, cup
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Kos.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלי קיבול לנוזלים, הנועד לשתייה.
וְכוֹס פַּרְעֹה בְּיָדִי – וָאֶקַּח אֶת־הָעֲנָבִים, וָאֶשְׂחַט אֹתָם אֶל־כּוֹס פַּרְעֹה; וָאֶתֵּן אֶת־הַכּוֹס עַל־כַּף פַּרְעֹה.
- 2בהשאלהגורל, בדרך כלל בצורה "מנת כוסו".
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kos is a noun used in both the masculine and the feminine.
- Written with vowel points
- כּוֹס
- Written without vowel points
- כוס
- Said
- kos
- Pattern
- קוֹל
- Plural
- כּוֹסוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' כּוֹסוֹת; כּוֹס־, ר' כּוֹסוֹת־
- Gematria
- 86
This is how Kos is said in other languages.
- English
- glass, cup
- Arabic
- كَأْس, كُوب
- Russian
- стакан
- French
- verre, tasse
- Spanish
- vaso
- German
- Glas
- Yiddish
- גלאז
These words mean nearly the same as Kos.
- בזיך
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Kos.
The word Kos is part of these phrases and sayings.
- ארבע כוסות
- בשלושה דברים אדם ניכר: בכוסו, בכיסו, ובכעסו
- חצי הכוס המלאה
- כוס אליהו
- כוס היגון
- כוס יין
- כוסות רוח
- כוס תרעלה
- מנת כוסו
- נתן עינו בכוס
- סערה בכוס תה
- שם עינו בכוס
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
This is where the word Kos comes from.
מקבילות בשפות שמיות נוספות: אוגריתית (כס); פיניקית (כס); אכדית: 2369; ערבית: كأس; ארמית: כָּסָא; אבלאית (גִישׁוּ). השוו גם חיתית (קַאזִי), מצרית עתיקה: ku-ṯi. משערים שמפרוטו-שמית: kaʔs. קרוב אל כיס
These words come before and after Kos in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kos.
What does Kos (כוס) mean in Hebrew?
Kos (כוס) means glass and cup. It is said kos, with the stress on kos.
What is a synonym for Kos (כוס)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Kos (כוס) are בזיך.
What rhymes with Kos (כוס)?
Words that rhyme with Kos (כוס) include מטוס, קנבוס, ניצוץ, בוס, קולמוס, and בדימוס.
Is Kos (כוס) masculine or feminine?
The word Kos (כוס) is a noun used in both the masculine and the feminine, and its plural is כּוֹסוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כוס of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.