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Lexicon :: Strong's H3608 - kele'

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כֶּלֶא
Transliteration
kele'
Pronunciation
keh'-leh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 980a

Strong’s Definitions

כֶּלֶא keleʼ, keh'-leh; from H3607; a prison:—prison. Compare H3610, H3628.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H3608 in the following manner: prison (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H3608 in the following manner: prison (10x).

  1. imprisonment, confinement, restraint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֶּלֶא keleʼ, keh'-leh; from H3607; a prison:—prison. Compare H3610, H3628.
STRONGS H3608: Abbreviations
† כֶּ֫לֶא noun [masculine] confinement, restraint, imprisonment; — absolute כ׳ 1 Kings 22:27 6 times; suffix כִּלְאוֺ 2 Kings 25:29; Jeremiah 52:33; plural כְּלָאִים Isaiah 42:22; — confinement, in combination בֵּית (ה)כ׳ (compare Assyrian bit kili, prison, DlHWB 328) 1 Kings 22:27 2 Chronicles 18:26; 2 Kings 17:4; Jeremiah 37:15, 18; Isaiah 42:7; בָּֽתֵּי כְלָאִים Isaiah 42:22 (compare H1004 בַּיִת 1 (ε) (2); see also כלוא below); בִּנְדֵי כִלְאוֺ 2 Kings 25:29 = Jeremiah 52:33 garments of imprisonment = prison-garb.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

22:27; 22:27

2 Kings

17:4; 25:29; 25:29

2 Chronicles

18:26

Isaiah

42:7; 42:22; 42:22

Jeremiah

37:15; 37:18; 52:33; 52:33

H3608

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3608 matches the Hebrew כֶּלֶא (kele'),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:15 -

The officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:18 -

Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people that you have put me in prison?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:33 -

So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and he dined regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon for the rest of his life.

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