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Lexicon :: Strong's H3617 - kālâ

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כָּלָה
Transliteration
kālâ
Pronunciation
kaw-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 982a

Strong’s Definitions

כָּלָה kâlâh, kaw-law'; from H3615; a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction:—altogether, (be, utterly) consume(-d), consummation(-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H3617 in the following manner: ...end (11x), altogether (3x), consume (3x), consumption (2x), consummation (1x), determined (1x), riddance (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H3617 in the following manner: ...end (11x), altogether (3x), consume (3x), consumption (2x), consummation (1x), determined (1x), riddance (1x).

  1. completion, termination, full end, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation

    1. completion

      1. completely, altogether (adv)

    2. complete destruction, consumption, annihilation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּלָה kâlâh, kaw-law'; from H3615; a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction:—altogether, (be, utterly) consume(-d), consummation(-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.
STRONGS H3617: Abbreviations
† כָּלָה noun feminine completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation; always this form; —
1.completion, but only as adverb, and dubious: completely, altogether Genesis 18:21 (J; read כֻּלָּם Ol Kau Buhl), Exodus 11:1 (si vera lectio)
2. complete destruction, consumption, annihilation:
a. almost always by God, especially עָשָׂה כ׳ Isaiah 10:23 (+ וְנֶחֱרָצָה), Nahum 1:8 (2 accusative, si vera lectio; BuhlZAW 1885, 181 proposes בְּקָמָיו for מְקוֺמָהּ see IdHWB 12 KauAT, Text Krit. Erläut. p. 65; see also מָקוֺם below קום), Nahum 1:9; Jeremiah 4:27; Nehemiah 9:31 (2 accusative); + אֵת person = with, pregnant sense, = in dealing with (compare II. אֵת 1d), Zephaniah 1:18 (אַךְ נִבְהָלָה כ׳), Jeremiah 5:18; Jeremiah 30:11 = Jeremiah 46:28 (אֹתְָךָ = אִתְּךָ), Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 20:17 (אוֺתָם = אִתָּם); + בְּכָלגּֿוֺיִם Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 46:28; without וְנֶחֱרָצָה שָׁמַעְתִּי ׃עשׂה כ׳ Isaiah 28:22, וְנ׳ עַדכֿ׳ Daniel 9:27 (on both compare Isaiah 10:23; Zephaniah 1:18); לְכָלָה for annihilation Ezekiel 13:13 (si vera lectio, see Co), וְלֹא לְהַשְׁחִית לְכ׳ 2 Chronicles 12:12.
b. by men, אַלֿ וְכ׳ תַּעֲשׂוּ Jeremiah 5:10; בְיָדוֺ וְכ׳ Daniel 11:16 and (i.e. with) annihilation in his hand.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:21

Exodus

11:1

2 Chronicles

12:12

Nehemiah

9:31

Isaiah

10:23; 10:23; 28:22

Jeremiah

4:27; 5:10; 5:18; 30:11; 30:11; 46:28; 46:28

Ezekiel

11:13; 13:13; 20:17

Daniel

9:27; 11:16

Nahum

1:8; 1:9

Zephaniah

1:18; 1:18

H3617

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3617 matches the Hebrew כָּלָה (kālâ),
which occurs 21 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - I will therefore go down and see, if they completely [fn]correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1 - And the Lord said to Moses, I will yet bring one plague upon Pharao and upon Egypt, and after that he will send you forth thence; and whenever he sends you forth with every thing, he will indeed drive you out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to slay him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to slay David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he repented, the anger of the Lord turned from him, and did not destroy him utterly; for there were good things in Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 - But thou in thy many mercies didst not appoint them to destruction, and didst not forsake them; for thou art strong, and merciful, and pitiful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:23 - [fn]He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because the Lord will make a short work in all the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 - Therefore do not ye rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:27 - Thus saith the Lord, The whole land shall be desolate; but I will not make a full end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 - Go up upon her battlements, and break them down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses; for they are the Lord's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:18 - And it shall come to pass in those days, saith the Lord thy God, that I will not utterly destroy you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - (LXX 26:28) Fear not thou, my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; for I am with thee: she that was without fear and in luxury, has been delivered up: for I will make a full end of every nation among whom I have thrust thee forth; but I will not cause thee to fail: yet will I chastise thee in the way of judgment, and will not hold thee entirely guiltless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Phaltias the son of Banæas died. And I fell upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Alas, alas, O Lord! wilt thou utterly destroy the remnant of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore thus saith the Lord; I will even cause to burst forth a sweeping blast with fury, and there shall be a flooding rain in my wrath; and in my fury I will bring on great stones for complete destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - Yet mine eyes spared them, so as not to destroy them utterly, and I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away: and on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations; and at the end of the time an end shall be put to the desolation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against him and his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9 - What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make a complete end: he will not take vengeance by affliction twice at the same time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18 - And their silver and their gold shall in nowise be able to rescue them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will bring a speedy destruction on all them that inhabit the land.
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