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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 go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely -- and if not -- I know;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'One plague more I do bring in on Pharaoh, and on Egypt, afterwards he doth send you away from this; when he is sending you away, he surely casteth you out altogether from this place;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been 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 in his being humbled, turned back from him hath the wrath of Jehovah, so as not to destroy to completion; and also, in Judah there have been good things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 - and in Thine abundant mercies Thou hast not made them a consumption, nor hast forsaken them; for a God, gracious and merciful, art Thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:23 - For a consumption that is determined, The Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is making in the midst of all the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 - And now, show not yourselves scorners, Lest strong be your bands, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is for all the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:27 - For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 - Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they are not Jehovah's,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:18 - And even in those days, an affirmation of Jehovah, I do not make you a completion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - For with thee am I, An affirmation of Jehovah -- to save thee, For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have scattered thee, Only, of thee I do not make an end, And I have chastised thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - Thou, thou dost not fear, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah -- for with thee I am, For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have driven thee, And of thee I do not make an end, And I have reproved thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - And it cometh to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry -- a loud voice -- and say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, an end Thou art making of the remnant of Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have rent with a tempestuous wind in My fury, And an overflowing shower is in Mine anger, And hailstones in My fury -- to consume.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - And Mine eye hath pity on them -- against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - And he hath strengthened a covenant with many -- one week, and in the midst of the week he causeth sacrifice and present to cease, and by the wing of abominations he is making desolate, even till the consummation, and that which is determined is poured on the desolate one.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9 - What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18 - Even their silver, even their gold, Is not able to deliver them in a day of the wrath of Jehovah, And in the fire of His jealousy consumed is the whole land, For only a hastened end doth He make Of all the inhabitants of the land!
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