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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - “I will go down now and see whether they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out from here completely.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him down; so Jonathan knew that his father had decided to put David to death.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled himself, the anger of Yahweh turned away from him, so as not to ruin him completely H3617; and also conditions were good in Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 -

“Nevertheless, in Your abundant compassion You did not make a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of them or forsake them,

For You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:23 -

For a complete H3617 destruction H3617, one that is decreed, Lord Yahweh of hosts will do in the midst of the whole land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 -

So now do not carry on as scoffers,

Lest your fetters be made stronger;

For I have heard from Lord Yahweh of hosts

Of complete H3617 destruction H3617, one that is decreed, on all the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:27 -

For thus says Yahweh,

“The whole land shall be a desolation,

Yet I will not execute a complete H3617 destruction H3617.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 -

“Go up through her vine rows and make them a ruin,

But do not make a complete H3617 destruction H3617;

Remove her branches,

For they are not Yahweh’s.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:18 -

“Yet even in those days,” declares Yahweh, “I will not make you a complete H3617 destruction H3617.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 -

‘For I am with you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘to save you;

For I will make a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of all the nations where I have scattered you,

Only I will not make a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of you.

But I will chasten you justly

And will by no means leave you unpunished.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 -

“O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares Yahweh,

“For I am with you.

For I will make a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of all the nations

Where I have banished you,

Yet I will not make a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of you;

But I will discipline you with justice

And by no means leave you unpunished.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 -

Now it happened as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to complete H3617 destruction H3617?”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will make a stormy wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - “Yet My eye had pity on them rather than bringing them to ruin, and I did not make of them a complete H3617 destruction H3617 in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - “And he will make a [fn]firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will make sacrifice and grain offering cease; and on the wing of [fn]abominations will come one who [fn]makes desolate, even until a complete H3617 destruction H3617, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who [fn]makes desolate.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 -

Kaph

But with an overflowing flood

He will make a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of [fn]its place

And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9 -

Whatever you devise against Yahweh,

He will make a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of it.

Distress will not rise up twice.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18 -

Neither their silver nor their gold

Will be able to deliver them

On the day of the fury of Yahweh;

And all the earth will be devoured

In the fire of His jealousy,

For He will make a complete H3617 destruction H3617,

Indeed a terrifying one,

Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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