# Kef-Vav-Be — كوب (kwb)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/kwb

- **Meaning:** To drink out of a goblet. A mug or drinking cup without a handle, slenderness of neck with bigness of head, a sighing or grief or regret for something that has past or escaped one. A small drum slender in the middle or small stone such as fills the hand.
- **Derived forms:** أَكْوَاب (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَكْوَابٍۢ ۖ — wa-akwābin · "and cups"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِصِحَافٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَاَكْوَابٍۚ وَف۪يهَا مَا تَشْتَه۪يهِ الْاَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْاَعْيُنُۚ وَاَنْتُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَۚ

Yutafu AAalayhim bisihafinmin thahabin waakwabin wafeeha matashtaheehi al-anfusu watalaththu al-aAAyunu waantum feehakhalidoon

— Circulated among them will be plates and cups of gold; and therein is what the souls desire and the eyes delight in — “And therein will you abide eternally.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-71.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** بِأَكْوَابٍۢ — bi-akwābin · "With vessels"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

بِاَكْوَابٍ وَاَبَار۪يقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِنْ مَع۪ينٍۙ

Bi-akwabin waabareeqa waka/sinmin maAAeen

With cups, and jugs, and a glass from a running spring,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-18.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَكْوَابٍۢ — wa-akwābin · "and cups"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَيُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِاٰنِيَةٍ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَاَكْوَابٍ كَانَتْ قَوَار۪يرَاۙ

Wayutafu AAalayhim bi-aniyatinmin fiddatin waakwabin kanat qawareera

Circulated among them will be vessels of silver, and cups as of crystal!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-15.md_

### 88. Surah Al-Ghashiyah, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَكْوَابٌۭ — wa-akwābun · "And cups"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case · indefinite

وَاَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌۙ

Waakwabun mawdooAAa

And cups set,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ghashiyah/verse-14.md_

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