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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 BoxGen 8:2 - Also the fountains H4599 of the deep H8415 and the [fn]floodgates H699 of the sky H8064 were closed, H5534 and the rain H1653 from the sky H8064 was restrained; H3607

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Hear H8085 us, my lord, H113 you are a [fn]mighty H430 prince H5387 among H8432 us; bury H6912 your dead H4191 in the choicest H4005 of our graves; H6913 none H376 H3808 of us will refuse H3607 you his grave H6913 for burying H6912 your dead.” H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses H4872 issued H6680 a command, H6680 and a [fn]proclamation H6963 was circulated H5674 throughout the camp, H4264 saying, H559 “Let no H408 man H376 or H408 woman H802 any H5750 longer H5750 perform H6213 work H4399 for the [fn]contributions H8641 of the sanctuary.” H6944 Thus the people H5971 were restrained H3607 from bringing H935 any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:28 - Then Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun, H5126 the attendant H8334 of Moses H4872 from his youth, H979 said, H559 “Moses, H4872 my lord, H113 restrain H3607 them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:10 - Then the men H376 did H6213 so, H3651 and took H3947 two H8147 milch H5763 cows H6510 and hitched H631 them to the cart, H5699 and shut H3607 up their calves H1121 at home. H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:33 - and blessed H1288 be your discernment, H2940 and blessed H1288 be you, who H834 have kept H3607 me this H2088 day H3117 from [fn]bloodshed H1818 and from [fn]avenging H3467 myself by my own hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - I have proclaimed H1319 glad H1319 tidings H1319 of righteousness H6664 in the great H7227 congregation; H6951
Behold, H2009 I will not restrain H3607 my lips, H8193
O LORD, H3068 You know. H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - You, O LORD, H3068 will not withhold H3607 Your compassion H7356 from me;
[fn]Your lovingkindness H2617 and Your truth H571 will continually H8548 preserve H5341 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:8 - You have removed H7368 my acquaintances H3045 far H7368 from me;
You have made H7896 me an [fn]object H8441 of loathing H8441 to them;
I am shut H3607 up and cannot H3808 go H3318 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101 - I have restrained H3607 my feet H7272 from every H3605 evil H7451 way, H734
That I may keep H8104 Your word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - No H369 man H120 has H7989 authority H7989 to restrain H3607 the wind H7307 with the wind, H7307 or authority H7983 over the day H3117 of death; H4194 and there H369 is no H369 discharge H4917 in the time H4421 of war, H4421 and evil H7562 will not deliver H4422 [fn]those who H1167 practice H1167 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6 - “I will say H559 to the north, H6828 ‘Give H5414 them up!’
And to the south, H8486 ‘Do not hold H3607 them back.’ H3607
Bring H935 My sons H1121 from afar H7350
And My daughters H1323 from the ends H7097 of the earth, H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - Now at that time H227 the army H2428 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 was besieging H6696 H5921 Jerusalem, H3389 and Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 was shut H3607 up in the court H2691 of the guard, H4307 which H834 was in the house H1004 of the king H4428 of Judah, H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - because H834 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 had shut H3607 him up, saying, H559 “Why H4069 do you prophesy, H5012 saying, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “Behold, H2009 I am about to give H5414 this H2088 city H5892 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and he will take H3920 it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “On the day H3117 when it went H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 I caused H56 lamentations; H56 I closed H3680 the [fn]deep H8415 over H5921 it and held H4513 back H4513 its rivers. H5104 And its many H7227 waters H4325 were stopped H3607 up, and I made Lebanon H3844 [fn]mourn H6937 for it, and all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 wilted H5968 away H5968 on account H5921 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:24 - “Seventy H7657 [fn]weeks H7620 have been decreed H2852 for your people H5971 and your holy H6944 city, H5892 to [fn]finish H3615 the transgression, H6588 to [fn]make H8552 an end H8552 of sin, H2403 to make H3722 atonement H3722 for iniquity, H5771 to bring H935 in everlasting H5769 righteousness, H6664 to seal H2856 up vision H2377 and [fn]prophecy H5030 and to anoint H4886 the most H6944 holy H6944 place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:10 - “Therefore, H5921 H3651 because H5921 of you the sky H8064 has withheld H3607 [fn]its dew H2919 and the earth H776 has withheld H3607 its produce. H2981
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