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Lexicon :: Strong's H3617 - kālâ

Aa
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 BoxGen 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1 - And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he made himself low, the wrath of the Lord was turned back from him, and complete destruction did not come on him, for there was still some good in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 - Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:23 - For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 - And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:27 - For this is what the Lord has said: All the land will become a waste; I will make destruction complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 - Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:18 - But even in those days, says the Lord, I will not let your destruction be complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - For I am with you, says the Lord, to be your saviour: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you wandering, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - Have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; for I am with you: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - Now while I was saying these things, death came to Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah. Then falling down on my face and crying out with a loud voice, I said, Ah, Lord! will you put an end to all the rest of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - For this reason, the Lord has said: I will have it broken in two by a storm-wind in my passion; and there will be an overflowing shower in my wrath, and you, O ice-drops, will come raining angrily down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - But still my eye had pity on them and I kept them from destruction and did not put an end to them completely in the waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - And a strong order will be sent out against the great number for one week; and so for half of the week the offering and the meal offering will come to an end; and in its place will be an unclean thing causing fear; till the destruction which has been fixed is let loose on him who has made waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9 - What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18 - Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
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