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Lexicon :: Strong's H3608 - kele'

Aa
כֶּלֶא
Transliteration
kele'
Pronunciation
keh'-leh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 980a

Strong’s Definitions

כֶּלֶא keleʼ, keh'-leh; from H3607; a prison:—prison. Compare H3610, H3628.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H3608 in the following manner: prison (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H3608 in the following manner: prison (10x).

  1. imprisonment, confinement, restraint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֶּלֶא keleʼ, keh'-leh; from H3607; a prison:—prison. Compare H3610, H3628.
STRONGS H3608: Abbreviations
† כֶּ֫לֶא noun [masculine] confinement, restraint, imprisonment; — absolute כ׳ 1 Kings 22:27 6 times; suffix כִּלְאוֺ 2 Kings 25:29; Jeremiah 52:33; plural כְּלָאִים Isaiah 42:22; — confinement, in combination בֵּית (ה)כ׳ (compare Assyrian bit kili, prison, DlHWB 328) 1 Kings 22:27 2 Chronicles 18:26; 2 Kings 17:4; Jeremiah 37:15, 18; Isaiah 42:7; בָּֽתֵּי כְלָאִים Isaiah 42:22 (compare H1004 בַּיִת 1 (ε) (2); see also כלוא below); בִּנְדֵי כִלְאוֺ 2 Kings 25:29 = Jeremiah 52:33 garments of imprisonment = prison-garb.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

22:27; 22:27

2 Kings

17:4; 25:29; 25:29

2 Chronicles

18:26

Isaiah

42:7; 42:22; 42:22

Jeremiah

37:15; 37:18; 52:33; 52:33

H3608

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3608 matches the Hebrew כֶּלֶא (kele'),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - and say H559, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the king H4428 says H559: “Put H7760 this H2088 man in prison H1004 H3608, and feed H398 him enough H3906 bread H3899 and water H4325 to H3906 survive H3906 until H5704 I [fn]return H935 safely H7965.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - But the king H4428 of Assyria H804 uncovered H4672 a conspiracy H7195 by Hoshea H1954, who H834 had sent H7971 messengers H4397 to So H5471, king H4428 of Egypt H4714, and had then brought H5927 no H3808 tribute H4503 to the king H4428 of Assyria H804, as he had done year H8141 by year H8141; so the king H4428 of Assyria H804 arrested H6113 him and confined H631 him in prison H1004 H3608.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 of the exile H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, on the twenty-seventh H6242 H7651 day of the month H2320, that Evil-merodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894, in the year H8141 that he became H4427 king H4427, [fn]released H5375 H7218 Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 from prison H1004 H3608;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:29 - So [fn]Jehoiachin changed H8132 his prison H3608 clothes H899, and [fn]had H398 his meals H3899 in [fn]the king’s presence H6440 regularly H8548 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - and say H559, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the king H4428 says H559: “Put H7760 this H2088 man in prison H1004 H3608, and feed H398 him enough H3906 bread H3899 and water H4325 to H3906 survive H3906 until H5704 I [fn]return H7725 safely H7965.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7 -

To open H6491 blind H5787 eyes H5869,

To bring H3318 out H3318 prisoners H616 from the dungeon H4525

And those who dwell H3427 in darkness H2822 from the prison H1004 H3608.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 -

But this H1931 is a people H5971 plundered H962 and pillaged H8154;

All H3605 of them are trapped H6351 in [fn]caves H2352,

Or are hidden H2244 away in prisons H3608;

They have become H1961 plunder H957, with no H369 one H369 to save H5337 them,

And spoils H4933 with no H369 one H369 to say H559, “Give H7725 them back H7725!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:15 - Then the officials H8269 were H7107 angry H7107 at Jeremiah H3414 and they beat H5221 him, and put H5414 him in prison H1004 H612 in the house H1004 of Jonathan H3083 the scribe H5608, for they had made H6213 it into the prison H1004 H3608.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:18 - Moreover, Jeremiah H3414 said H559 to King H4428 Zedekiah H6667, “In what H4100 way have I sinned H2398 against you, or your servants H5650, or this H2088 people H5971, that you have put H5414 me in prison H1004 H3608?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:33 - So [fn]Jehoiachin changed H8132 his prison H3608 clothes H899, and [fn]had H398 his meals H3899 in [fn]the king’s presence H6440 regularly H8548 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416.
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