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Lexicon :: Strong's H3618 - kallâ

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כַּלָּה
Transliteration
kallâ
Pronunciation
kal-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 986a

Strong’s Definitions

כַּלָּה kallâh, kal-law'; from H3634; a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife:—bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H3618 in the following manner: daughter in law (17x), bride (9x), spouse (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H3618 in the following manner: daughter in law (17x), bride (9x), spouse (8x).

  1. bride, daughter-in-law

    1. daughter-in-law

    2. bride, young wife

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּלָּה kallâh, kal-law'; from H3634; a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife:—bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
STRONGS H3618: Abbreviations
† כַּלָּה noun feminine daughter-in-law, bride; — absolute כ׳ Jeremiah 2:32 + 14 times; suffix כַּלָּתוֺ Genesis 11:31 + 5 times; כַּלָּתָהּ Ruth 1:22 + 2 times, etc.; plural suffix כַּלֹּתֶיהָ Ruth 1:6, 8, כַּלּוֺתֶיהָ Ruth 1:7, כַּלּוֺתֵיהֶם Hosea 4:13, 14; —
1. daughter-in-law, in reference to husband's father Genesis 38:11, 16, 24 (J), compare 1 Chronicles 2:4; 1 Samuel 4:19; Ezekiel 22:11; Micah 7:6; Genesis 11:31 (P), Leviticus 18:15; Leviticus 20:12 (both H); husband's mother Ruth 1:6, 7, 8, 22; Ruth 2:20, 22; Ruth 4:15.
2. bride, usually
a. just before marriage Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 2:32 (all in simile, etc.), || חָתָן Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 33:11; Joel 2:16; Songs 4:8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Songs 5:1.
b. also just after marriage = young wife Hosea 4:13, 14; read הַכַּלָּה likewise 2 Samuel 17:3 (for MT הַכֹּל), Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Klo Kit Bu.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:31; 11:31; 38:11; 38:16; 38:24

Leviticus

18:15; 20:12

Ruth

1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:7; 1:8; 1:8; 1:22; 1:22; 2:20; 2:22; 4:15

1 Samuel

4:19

2 Samuel

17:3

1 Chronicles

2:4

Song of Songs

4:8; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 4:12; 5:1

Isaiah

49:18; 61:10; 62:5

Jeremiah

2:32; 2:32; 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11

Ezekiel

22:11

Hosea

4:13; 4:13; 4:14; 4:14

Joel

2:16

Micah

7:6

H3618

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3618 matches the Hebrew כַּלָּה (kallâ),
which occurs 34 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, 'Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, 'Lest he die -- even he -- like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:16 - and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she is his daughter-in-law); and she saith, 'What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - And it cometh to pass about three months after, that it is declared to Judah, saying, 'Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:' and Judah saith, 'Bring her out -- and she is burnt.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:15 - 'The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she is thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:12 - 'And a man who lieth with his daughter-in-law -- both of them are certainly put to death; confusion they have made; their blood is on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 - And she riseth, she and her daughters-in-law, and turneth back from the fields of Moab, for she hath heard in the fields of Moab that God hath looked after His people, -- to give to them bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - And she goeth out from the place where she hath been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they go in the way to turn back unto the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:8 - And Naomi saith to her two daughters-in-law, 'Go, turn back, each to the house of her mother; Jehovah doth with you kindness as ye have done with the dead, and with me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - And Naomi turneth back, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who hath turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come in to Beth-Lehem at the commencement of barley-harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - And Naomi saith to her daughter-in-law, 'Blessed is he of Jehovah who hath not forsaken His kindness with the living and with the dead;' and Naomi saith to her, 'The man is a relation of ours; he is of our redeemers.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:22 - And Naomi saith unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, 'Good, my daughter, that thou goest out with his young women, and they come not against thee in another field.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - and he hath been to thee for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law who hath loved thee -- who is better to thee than seven sons -- hath borne him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 - And his daughter-in-law, wife of Phinehas, is pregnant, about to bear, and she heareth the report of the taking of the ark of God, that her father-in-law and her husband have died, and she boweth, and beareth, for her pains have turned upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4 - And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah are five.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:9 - Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk are under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments Is as the fragrance of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden shut up is my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:18 - Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, They have come to thee. I live, an affirmation of Jehovah! Surely all of them as an ornament thou puttest on, And thou bindest them on like a bride.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 - For a young man doth marry a virgin, Thy Builders do marry thee, With the joy of a bridegroom over a bride, Rejoice over thee doth thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:32 - Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - And I have destroyed from them the voice of rejoicing, and the voice of joy, voice of bridegroom and voice of bride, noise of millstones, and the light of lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - Is a voice of joy and a voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, The voice of those saying, Thank Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah is good, For His kindness is to the age, Who are bringing in thanksgiving to the house of Jehovah, For I turn back the captivity of the land, As at the first, said Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - And each with the wife of his neighbour hath done abomination, And each his daughter-in-law hath defiled through wickedness, And each his sister, his father's daughter, hath humbled in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - On tops of the mountains they do sacrifice, And on the hills they make perfume, Under oak, and poplar, and terebinth, For good is its shade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 - Therefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - Gather the people, sanctify an assembly, Assemble the aged, Gather infants and sucklings of the breasts, Go out let a bridegroom from his inner chamber, And a bride out of her closet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6 - For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each are the men of his house.
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