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Lexicon :: Strong's H3618 - kallâ

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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 34 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son shall be grown; (for he said, Lest perhaps he die also as his brethren did:) and Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:16 - And he turned to her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me have access to thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law:) and she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayst have access to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told to Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and also, behold she is with child by lewdness: and Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:15 - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:12 - And if a man shall lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 - Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, 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 Box Rth 1:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:8 - And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, 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 Box Rth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley-harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:20

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 - And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law, and her husband were dead, she bowed herself, and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4 - And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:9 - Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thy eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thy ointments than all spices!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honey-comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh, with my spice; I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey; I have drank my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:18 - Lift up thy eyes around, and behold: all these assemble themselves, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 - For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so will thy God rejoice over thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:32 - Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shade of them is agreeable: therefore your daughters shall be guilty of lewdness, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 - I will not punish your daughters when they are guilty of lewdness, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for they themselves are separated with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6 - For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
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