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Lexicon :: Strong's H3608 - kele'

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כֶּלֶא

Transliteration

kele'

Pronunciation

keh'-leh

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Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From כָּלָא (H3607)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 980a

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

imprisonment, confinement, restraint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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, Dl^{HWB 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

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H3608

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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 Box 1Ki 22:27

1Ki 22:27 - and say,^H559 ‘Thus^H3541 says^H559 the king,^H4428 “Put^H7760 this^H2088 man in prison^H1004^H3608 and feed^H398 him [fn]sparingly^H3906 with bread^H3899 and water^H4325 until^H5704 I return^H935 safely.”’”^H7965

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:4

2Ki 17:4 - But the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804 found^H4672 conspiracy^H7195 in Hoshea,^H1954 who^H834 had sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 to So^H5471 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 and had offered^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 shut^H6113 him up and bound^H631 him in prison.^H1004^H3608

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:27

2Ki 25:27 - Now it came^H1961 about 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 Box 2Ki 25:29

2Ki 25:29 - [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 Box 2Ch 18:26

2Ch 18:26 - and say,^H559 ‘Thus^H3541 says^H559 the king,^H4428 “Put^H7760 this^H2088 man in prison^H1004^H3608 and feed^H398 him [fn]sparingly^H3906 with bread^H3899 and water^H4325 until^H5704 I return^H7725 safely.”’”^H7965

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:7

Isa 42:7 - To open^H6491 blind^H5787 eyes,^H5869
To bring^H3318 out 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 Box Isa 42:22

Isa 42:22 - But this^H1931 is a people^H5971 plundered^H962 and despoiled;^H8154
All^H3605 of them are trapped^H6351 in [fn]caves,^H2352
Or are hidden^H2244 away in prisons;^H3608
They have become^H1961 a prey^H957 with none^H369 to deliver^H5337 them,
And a spoil,^H4933 with none^H369 to say,^H559 “Give^H7725 them back!”^H7725

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:33

Jer 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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