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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 if they have done entirely H3617 according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1 - Now the LORD 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. H3617

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:33

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; H3617 and also conditions were good in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 - “Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end H3617 of them or forsake them,
For You are a gracious and compassionate God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:23 - For a complete H3617 destruction, H3617 one that is decreed, the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 - And now do not carry on as scoffers,
Or your fetters will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts
Of decisive destruction H3617 on all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:27 - For thus says the LORD,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not execute a complete H3617 destruction. H3617

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 - “Go up through her vine rows and destroy,
But do not execute a complete H3617 destruction; H3617
Strip away her branches,
For they are not the LORD’S.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:18 - “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make you a complete H3617 destruction. H3617

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - ‘For I am with you,’ declares the LORD, ‘to save you;
For I will destroy H3617 completely H3617 all the nations where I have scattered you,
Only I will not destroy H3617 you completely. H3617
But I will chasten you justly
And will by no means leave you unpunished.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - “O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the LORD,
“For I am with you.
For I will make a full H3617 end H3617 of all the nations
Where I have driven you,
Yet I will not make a full H3617 end H3617 of you;
But I will correct you properly
And by no means leave you unpunished.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - Now it came about 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 GOD! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete H3617 end?” H3617

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - “Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their annihilation H3617 in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - “And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; 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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - But with an overflowing flood
He will make a complete H3617 end H3617 of [fn]its site,
And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9 - Whatever you devise against the LORD,
He will make a complete H3617 end H3617 of it.
Distress will not rise up twice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18 - Neither their silver nor their gold
Will be able to deliver them
On the day of the LORD’S wrath;
And all the earth will be devoured
In the fire of His jealousy,
For He will make a complete H3617 end, H3617
Indeed a terrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.
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