כִּלְיָה
kilyâ
kidneys
Strong's H3629NounHebrewTWOT 983aBody

כִּלְיָה (kilyâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning kidneys. It appears 31 times in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3629).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 983a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 983a)kidneys; organ, mind; reins
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כִּלְיָה noun, feminine: kidneys

Strong's H3629 כִּלְיָה: a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
KJV:kidneys, reins.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 983: כלה klh — Root of: כִּלְיָה kidneys

See it in Scripture

Exodus 29:13Leviticus 3:4Deuteronomy 32:14

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