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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 Box Gen 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Yet one plague will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go altogether, he shall utterly drive you out hence.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled himself, the anger of Jehovah turned away from him, that he would not destroy him altogether; and also in Judah there were good things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 - Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:23 - For a consumption, and one determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, accomplish in the midst of all the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 - Now therefore be ye not scorners, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard from the Lord Jehovah of hosts a consumption, and one determined, upon the whole land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:27 - For thus saith Jehovah: The whole land shall be a desolation; but I will not make a full end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 - Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:18 - Nevertheless in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee; yet of thee will I not make a full end, but I will correct thee with judgment, and will not hold thee altogether guiltless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - Fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith Jehovah: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee with judgment, and I will not hold thee altogether guiltless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. And I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will cause to burst forth a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing rain in mine anger, and hail-stones in fury for utter destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - And he shall confirm a covenant with the many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and because of the protection of abominations there shall be a desolator, even until that the consumption and what is determined shall be poured out upon the desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9 - What do ye imagine against Jehovah? He will make a full end: trouble shall not rise up the second time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18 - their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden end, shall he make of all them that dwell in the land.
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