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Lexicon :: Strong's H3607 - kālā'

Aa
כָּלָא
Transliteration
kālā'
Pronunciation
kaw-law'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 980

Strong’s Definitions

כָּלָא kâlâʼ, kaw-law'; a primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit):—finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H3607 in the following manner: shut up (4x), stayed (3x), refrained (2x), restrained (2x), withhold (2x), keep back (1x), finish (1x), forbid (1x), kept (1x), retain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H3607 in the following manner: shut up (4x), stayed (3x), refrained (2x), restrained (2x), withhold (2x), keep back (1x), finish (1x), forbid (1x), kept (1x), retain (1x).

  1. to restrict, restrain, withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid

    1. (Qal)

      1. to shut up

      2. to restrain

      3. to withhold

    2. (Niphal) to be restrained

    3. (Piel) to finish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּלָא kâlâʼ, kaw-law'; a primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit):—finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.
STRONGS H3607: Abbreviations
† [כָּלָא] verb shut up, restrain, withhold (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּלָא, bdb047605; Ethiopic bdb047606 restrain, hinder; Assyrian Kâlû, id.; Arabic bdb047607 protect Qor 21:43 compare BaZMG 1887, 605 Anm. 4) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix כְּלָאוֺ Jeremiah 32:3; 3rd person feminine singular כָּֽלְאָה Haggai 1:10; 2nd person feminine singular suffix כְּלִתִ֫נִי 1 Samuel 25:33; 1st person singular כָּלִאתִי Psalm 119:101; 3rd person plural כָּֽלְאוּ Haggai 1:10, כָּלוּ 1 Samuel 6:10; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִכְלֶה Genesis 23:6; 2nd person masculine singular תִּכְלָא Psalm 40:12; 2nd person feminine singular תִּכְלָאִ֑י Isaiah 43:6; 1st person singular אֶכְלָא Psalm 40:10; Imperative suffix כְּלָאֵם Numbers 11:28; Infinitive construct לִכְלוֺא Ecclesiastes 8:8; Passive participle כָּלוּא Jeremiah 32:2, כָּלֻא Psalm 88:9; (on the metaplastic forms, as if from כלה, see Ges§ 75, 21 c Köi. 611); —
1. shut up, with accusative 1 Samuel 6:10 (+ בְ local), Jeremiah 32:3; passive participle Jeremiah 32:2 (בְ local), figurative Psalm 88:9 (opposed to יצא).
2. restrain, with accusative 1 Samuel 25:33 (+ מִבּוֺא בְדָמִים), Psalm 119:101 (+ מִכָּלֿ); כְּלָאֵם (sc. מֵהִתְנַבֵּא) Numbers 11:28; שְׂפָתַי כ׳ Psalm 40:10; אֶתהָֿרוּחַ כ׳ Ecclesiastes 8:8. On Psalm 74:11 see כלה Pi. 2.
3. withhold, אֶתקִֿבְרוֺ כ׳ מִמְּךָ מִקְּבֹר מֵתֶ֑ךָ Genesis 23:6 (P), רַחֲמֶיךָ מִמֶּ֑נּי כ׳ Psalm 40:12; Haggai 1:10b, probably also Haggai 1:10a (read טָ֑ל for MT Greek Version of the LXX מִטָּ֑ל, We); absolute אַלתִּֿכְלָאִי (that is, exiles) Isaiah 43:6 (|| תְּנִי).
Niph. Imperfect וַיִּכָּלֵא הַגֶּשֶׁם מִןהַֿשָּׁמַיִם Genesis 8:2 (J), and the rain from heaven was restrained, compare וַיִּכָּֽלְאוּ מַיִם רַבִּים Ezekiel 31:15 (in figurative; || מנע); וַיִּכָּלֵא הָעָם מֵהָבִיא Exodus 36:6 (P).
Pi. [Perfect כִּלָּא and] Infinitive construct לְכַלֵּא see כלה Pi.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:2; 23:6; 23:6

Exodus

36:6

Numbers

11:28; 11:28

1 Samuel

6:10; 6:10; 25:33; 25:33

Psalms

40:10; 40:10; 40:12; 40:12; 74:11; 88:9; 88:9; 119:101; 119:101

Ecclesiastes

8:8; 8:8

Isaiah

43:6; 43:6

Jeremiah

32:2; 32:2; 32:3; 32:3

Ezekiel

31:15

Haggai

1:10; 1:10; 1:10; 1:10

H3607

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Strong's Number H3607 matches the Hebrew כָּלָא (kālā'),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - Also the fountains H4599 of the deep H8415 and the [fn]floodgates H699 of the sky H8064 were H5534 closed H5534, and the rain H1653 from the sky H8064 was restrained H3607;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Hear H8085 us, my lord H113: you are a [fn]mighty H430 prince H5387 among H8432 us; bury H6912 your dead H4191 in the choicest H4005 of our graves H6913; none H376 H3808 of us will refuse H3607 you his grave H6913 for burying H6912 your dead H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses H4872 issued H6680 a H6680 command H6680, and circulated H5674 a [fn]proclamation H6963 throughout the camp H4264, saying H559, “No H408 man H376 or woman H802 is to perform H6213 work H4399 any H5750 longer H5750 for the [fn]contributions H8641 of the sanctuary H6944.” So the people H5971 were restrained H3607 from bringing H935 any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:28 - Then Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126, the personal H8334 servant H8334 of Moses H4872 from his youth H979, responded H6030 and said H559, “My lord H113 Moses H4872, restrain H3607 them!”

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Then the men H376 did H6213 so H3651: they took H3947 two H8147 milk H5763 cows H6510 and hitched H631 them to the cart H5699, and shut H3607 in their calves H1121 at home H1004.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:33 - and blessed H1288 be your discernment H2940, and blessed H1288 be you, who H834 have kept H3607 me this H2088 day H3117 from [fn]bloodshed H935 H1818 and from [fn]avenging H3467 myself by my own hand H3027.

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I have proclaimed H1319 good H1319 news H1319 of righteousness H6664 in the great H7227 congregation H6951;

Behold H2009, I will not restrain H3607 my lips H8193,

LORD H3068, You know H3045.

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You, LORD H3068, will not withhold H3607 Your compassion H7356 from me;

[fn]Your mercy H2617 and Your truth H571 will continually H8548 watch H5341 over H5341 me.

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You have removed H7368 my acquaintances H3045 far H7368 from me;

You have made H7896 me an [fn]object H8441 of H8441 loathing H8441 to them;

I am shut H3607 up H3607 and cannot H3808 go H3318 out H3318.

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I have restrained H3607 my feet H7272 from every H3605 evil H7451 way H734,

So H4616 that H4616 I may keep H8104 Your word H1697.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - No H369 one H120 has H7989 authority H7989 over the wind H7307 to restrain H3607 the wind H7307, nor H369 authority H7983 over the day H3117 of death H4194; and there H369 is H369 no H369 military discharge H4917 in the time H4421 of H4421 war H4421, and evil H7562 will not save H4422 [fn]those H1167 who H1167 practice H1167 it.

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“I will say H559 to the north H6828, ‘Give H5414 them up H5414!’

And to the south H8486, ‘Do not hold H3607 them back H3607.’

Bring H935 My sons H1121 from afar H7350

And My daughters H1323 from the ends H7097 of the earth H776,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - Now at that time H227 the army H2428 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 was besieging H6696 H5921 Jerusalem H3389, and Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 was imprisoned H3607 in the courtyard H2691 of the guard H4307, which H834 was at the house H1004 of the king H4428 of Judah H3063,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - because H834 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 had imprisoned H3607 him, saying H559, “Why H4069 do you prophesy H5012, saying H559, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Behold H2009, I am going to hand H5414 H3027 this H2088 city H5892 over H5414 to the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and he will take H3920 it;

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‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “On the day H3117 when it went H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 I caused H56 mourning H56; I closed H3680 the [fn]deep H8415 over H5921 it and held H4513 back H4513 its rivers H5104. And its many H7227 waters H4325 were stopped H3607 up H3607, and I made Lebanon H3844 mourn H6937 for it, and all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 wilted H5968 away H5968 on H5921 account H5921 of H5921 it.

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“Seventy H7657 [fn]weeks H7620 have been decreed H2852 for your people H5971 and your holy H6944 city H5892, to [fn]finish H3615 the wrongdoing H6588, to [fn]make H8552 an H8552 end H8552 of H8552 sin H2403, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for guilt H5771, to bring H935 in H935 everlasting H5769 righteousness H6664, to seal H2856 up H2856 vision H2377 and [fn]prophecy H5030, and to anoint H4886 the Most H6944 Holy H6944 Place H6944.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:10 - “Therefore H5921 H3651, because H5921 of you the sky H8064 has withheld H3607 [fn]its dew H2919, and the earth H776 has withheld H3607 its produce H2981.
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