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Lexicon :: Strong's H3607 - kālā'

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כָּלָא
Transliteration
kālā'
Pronunciation
kaw-law'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 980

Strong’s Definitions

כָּלָא kâlâʼ, kaw-law'; a primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit):—finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H3607 in the following manner: shut up (4x), stayed (3x), refrained (2x), restrained (2x), withhold (2x), keep back (1x), finish (1x), forbid (1x), kept (1x), retain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H3607 in the following manner: shut up (4x), stayed (3x), refrained (2x), restrained (2x), withhold (2x), keep back (1x), finish (1x), forbid (1x), kept (1x), retain (1x).

  1. to restrict, restrain, withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid

    1. (Qal)

      1. to shut up

      2. to restrain

      3. to withhold

    2. (Niphal) to be restrained

    3. (Piel) to finish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּלָא kâlâʼ, kaw-law'; a primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit):—finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.
STRONGS H3607: Abbreviations
† [כָּלָא] verb shut up, restrain, withhold (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּלָא, bdb047605; Ethiopic bdb047606 restrain, hinder; Assyrian Kâlû, id.; Arabic bdb047607 protect Qor 21:43 compare BaZMG 1887, 605 Anm. 4) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix כְּלָאוֺ Jeremiah 32:3; 3rd person feminine singular כָּֽלְאָה Haggai 1:10; 2nd person feminine singular suffix כְּלִתִ֫נִי 1 Samuel 25:33; 1st person singular כָּלִאתִי Psalm 119:101; 3rd person plural כָּֽלְאוּ Haggai 1:10, כָּלוּ 1 Samuel 6:10; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִכְלֶה Genesis 23:6; 2nd person masculine singular תִּכְלָא Psalm 40:12; 2nd person feminine singular תִּכְלָאִ֑י Isaiah 43:6; 1st person singular אֶכְלָא Psalm 40:10; Imperative suffix כְּלָאֵם Numbers 11:28; Infinitive construct לִכְלוֺא Ecclesiastes 8:8; Passive participle כָּלוּא Jeremiah 32:2, כָּלֻא Psalm 88:9; (on the metaplastic forms, as if from כלה, see Ges§ 75, 21 c Köi. 611); —
1. shut up, with accusative 1 Samuel 6:10 (+ בְ local), Jeremiah 32:3; passive participle Jeremiah 32:2 (בְ local), figurative Psalm 88:9 (opposed to יצא).
2. restrain, with accusative 1 Samuel 25:33 (+ מִבּוֺא בְדָמִים), Psalm 119:101 (+ מִכָּלֿ); כְּלָאֵם (sc. מֵהִתְנַבֵּא) Numbers 11:28; שְׂפָתַי כ׳ Psalm 40:10; אֶתהָֿרוּחַ כ׳ Ecclesiastes 8:8. On Psalm 74:11 see כלה Pi. 2.
3. withhold, אֶתקִֿבְרוֺ כ׳ מִמְּךָ מִקְּבֹר מֵתֶ֑ךָ Genesis 23:6 (P), רַחֲמֶיךָ מִמֶּ֑נּי כ׳ Psalm 40:12; Haggai 1:10b, probably also Haggai 1:10a (read טָ֑ל for MT Greek Version of the LXX מִטָּ֑ל, We); absolute אַלתִּֿכְלָאִי (that is, exiles) Isaiah 43:6 (|| תְּנִי).
Niph. Imperfect וַיִּכָּלֵא הַגֶּשֶׁם מִןהַֿשָּׁמַיִם Genesis 8:2 (J), and the rain from heaven was restrained, compare וַיִּכָּֽלְאוּ מַיִם רַבִּים Ezekiel 31:15 (in figurative; || מנע); וַיִּכָּלֵא הָעָם מֵהָבִיא Exodus 36:6 (P).
Pi. [Perfect כִּלָּא and] Infinitive construct לְכַלֵּא see כלה Pi.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:2; 23:6; 23:6

Exodus

36:6

Numbers

11:28; 11:28

1 Samuel

6:10; 6:10; 25:33; 25:33

Psalms

40:10; 40:10; 40:12; 40:12; 74:11; 88:9; 88:9; 119:101; 119:101

Ecclesiastes

8:8; 8:8

Isaiah

43:6; 43:6

Jeremiah

32:2; 32:2; 32:3; 32:3

Ezekiel

31:15

Haggai

1:10; 1:10; 1:10; 1:10

H3607

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Strong's Number H3607 matches the Hebrew כָּלָא (kālā'),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - And Moses H4872 gave commandment, H6680 and they caused it to be proclaimed H6963 H5674 throughout the camp, H4264 saying, H559 Let neither man H376 nor woman H802 make H6213 any more work H4399 for the offering H8641 of the sanctuary. H6944 So the people H5971 were restrained H3607 from bringing. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:28 - And Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun, H5126 the servant H8334 of Moses, H4872 one of his young men, H979 answered H6030 and said, H559 My lord H113 Moses, H4872 forbid H3607 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:10 - And the men H582 did so; H6213 and took H3947 two H8147 milch H5763 kine, H6510 and tied H631 them to the cart, H5699 and shut up H3607 their calves H1121 at home: H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:33 - And blessed H1288 be thy advice, H2940 and blessed H1288 be thou, which hast kept H3607 me this day H3117 from coming H935 to shed blood, H1818 and from avenging H3467 myself with mine own hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - I have preached H1319 righteousness H6664 in the great H7227 congregation: H6951 lo, I have not refrained H3607 my lips, H8193 O LORD, H3068 thou knowest. H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Withhold H3607 not thou thy tender mercies H7356 from me, O LORD: H3068 let thy lovingkindness H2617 and thy truth H571 continually H8548 preserve H5341 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:8 - Thou hast put away H7368 ➔ mine acquaintance H3045 far H7368 from me; thou hast made H7896 me an abomination H8441 unto them: I am shut up, H3607 and I cannot come forth. H3318

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101 - I have refrained H3607 my feet H7272 from every evil H7451 way, H734 that I might keep H8104 thy word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - There is no man H120 that hath power H7989 over the spirit H7307 to retain H3607 the spirit; H7307 neither hath he power H7983 in the day H3117 of death: H4194 and there is no discharge H4917 in that war; H4421 neither shall wickedness H7562 deliver H4422 those that are given H1167 to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6 - I will say H559 to the north, H6828 Give up; H5414 and to the south, H8486 Keep not back: H3607 bring H935 my sons H1121 from far, H7350 and my daughters H1323 from the ends H7097 of the earth; H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - For then the king H4428 of Babylon's H894 army H2428 besieged H6696 Jerusalem: H3389 and Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 was shut up H3607 in the court H2691 of the prison, H4307 which was in the king H4428 of Judah's H3063 house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - For Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 had shut him up, H3607 saying, H559 Wherefore dost thou prophesy, H5012 and say, H559 Thus saith H559 the LORD, H3068 Behold, I will give H5414 this city H5892 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and he shall take H3920 it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - Thus saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 In the day H3117 when he went down H3381 to the grave H7585 I caused a mourning: H56 I covered H3680 the deep H8415 for him, and I restrained H4513 the floods H5104 thereof, and the great H7227 waters H4325 were stayed: H3607 and I caused Lebanon H3844 to mourn H6937 for him, and all the trees H6086 of the field H7704 fainted H5969 for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:24 - Seventy H7657 weeks H7620 are determined H2852 upon thy people H5971 and upon thy holy H6944 city, H5892 to finish H3607 the transgression, H6588 and to make an end H8552 H2856 of sins, H2403 and to make reconciliation H3722 for iniquity, H5771 and to bring in H935 everlasting H5769 righteousness, H6664 and to seal up H2856 the vision H2377 and prophecy, H5030 and to anoint H4886 the most H6944 Holy. H6944

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:10 - Therefore the heaven H8064 over you is stayed H3607 from dew, H2919 and the earth H776 is stayed H3607 from her fruit. H2981
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