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Lexicon :: Strong's H3618 - kallâ

Aa
כַּלָּה
Transliteration
kallâ
Pronunciation
kal-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 986a

Strong’s Definitions

כַּלָּה kallâh, kal-law'; from H3634; a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife:—bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H3618 in the following manner: daughter in law (17x), bride (9x), spouse (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H3618 in the following manner: daughter in law (17x), bride (9x), spouse (8x).

  1. bride, daughter-in-law

    1. daughter-in-law

    2. bride, young wife

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּלָּה kallâh, kal-law'; from H3634; a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife:—bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
STRONGS H3618: Abbreviations
† כַּלָּה noun feminine daughter-in-law, bride; — absolute כ׳ Jeremiah 2:32 + 14 times; suffix כַּלָּתוֺ Genesis 11:31 + 5 times; כַּלָּתָהּ Ruth 1:22 + 2 times, etc.; plural suffix כַּלֹּתֶיהָ Ruth 1:6, 8, כַּלּוֺתֶיהָ Ruth 1:7, כַּלּוֺתֵיהֶם Hosea 4:13, 14; —
1. daughter-in-law, in reference to husband's father Genesis 38:11, 16, 24 (J), compare 1 Chronicles 2:4; 1 Samuel 4:19; Ezekiel 22:11; Micah 7:6; Genesis 11:31 (P), Leviticus 18:15; Leviticus 20:12 (both H); husband's mother Ruth 1:6, 7, 8, 22; Ruth 2:20, 22; Ruth 4:15.
2. bride, usually
a. just before marriage Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 2:32 (all in simile, etc.), || חָתָן Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 33:11; Joel 2:16; Songs 4:8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Songs 5:1.
b. also just after marriage = young wife Hosea 4:13, 14; read הַכַּלָּה likewise 2 Samuel 17:3 (for MT הַכֹּל), Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Klo Kit Bu.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:31; 11:31; 38:11; 38:16; 38:24

Leviticus

18:15; 20:12

Ruth

1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:7; 1:8; 1:8; 1:22; 1:22; 2:20; 2:22; 4:15

1 Samuel

4:19

2 Samuel

17:3

1 Chronicles

2:4

Song of Songs

4:8; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 4:12; 5:1

Isaiah

49:18; 61:10; 62:5

Jeremiah

2:32; 2:32; 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11

Ezekiel

22:11

Hosea

4:13; 4:13; 4:14; 4:14

Joel

2:16

Micah

7:6

H3618

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3618 matches the Hebrew כַּלָּה (kallâ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in 'Rth' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 - Then she arose with her daughters in law, H3618 that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her H3618 two daughters in law H3618 with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:8 - And Naomi said unto her H3618 two daughters in law, H3618 Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, H3618 with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, H3618 Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:22 - And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, H3618 It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, H3618 which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
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