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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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Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “One H259 more H5750 plague H5061 I will bring H935 on Pharaoh H6547 and on Egypt H4714; after H310 that he will let H7971 you go H7971 from here H2088. When he lets H7971 you go H7971, he will assuredly H1644 drive H1644 you out H1644 from here H2088 completely H3605.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul H7586 hurled H2904 his spear H2595 at him to strike H5221 and H5221 kill H5221 him; so Jonathan H3083 knew H3045 that his father H1 had decided H3615 to put H4191 David H1732 to H4191 death H4191.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled H3665 himself, the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 turned H7725 away H7725 from him, so as not to destroy H7843 him completely H3617; and conditions H1697 were also H1571 good H2896 in Judah H3063.

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“Nevertheless, in Your great H7227 compassion H7356 You did not make H6213 an end H3617 of them or abandon H5800 them,

For You are a gracious H2587 and compassionate H7349 God H410.

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For a complete H3617 destruction H3617, one that is determined H2782, the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635 will execute H6213 in the midst H7130 of the whole H3605 land H776.

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And now H6258 do not carry H3887 on H3887 as H3887 scoffers H3887,

Or H6435 your shackles H4147 will be made H2388 stronger H2388;

For I have heard H8085 from the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635

Of decisive H2782 destruction H3617 on all H3605 the earth H776.

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For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“The whole H3605 land H776 shall be a desolation H8077,

Yet I will not execute H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617.

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“Go H5927 up H5927 through her vine H8284 rows H8284 and destroy H7843,

But do not execute H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617;

Strip H5493 away H5493 her branches H5189,

For they are not the LORD’S H3068.

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“Yet even H1571 in those H1992 days H3117,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “I will not make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of you.

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‘For I am with you,’ declares H5002 the LORD H3068, ‘to save H3467 you;

For I will completely H3617 destroy H6213 H3617 all H3605 the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 I have scattered H6327 you,

Only H389 I will not destroy H6213 H3617 you completely H3617.

But I will discipline H3256 you fairly H4941

And will by H5352 no H3808 means H5352 leave H5352 you unpunished H5352.’

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“Jacob H3290 My servant H5650, do not fear H3372,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,

“For I am with you.

For I will make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of all H3605 the nations H1471

Where H834 H8033 I have driven H5080 you,

Yet I will not make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of you;

But I will correct H3256 you properly H4941

And by H5352 no H3808 means H5352 leave H5352 you unpunished H5352.”

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Now it came H1961 about H1961, as I prophesied H5012, that Pelatiah H6410 son H1121 of Benaiah H1141 died H4191. Then I fell H5307 on my face H6440 and cried H2199 out H2199 with a loud H1419 voice H6963, and said H559, “Oh H162, Lord H136 GOD H3068! Will You bring H6213 the remnant H7611 of Israel H3478 to a complete H3617 destruction H3617?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “I will make a violent H5591 wind H7307 break H1234 out H1234 in My wrath H2534. There will also be in My anger H639 a flooding H7857 rain H1653 and hailstones H417 H68 to consume H3615 it in wrath H2534.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - “Yet My eye H5869 spared H2347 them rather H4480 than H4480 destroying H7843 them, and I did not bring H6213 about H6213 their annihilation H3617 in the wilderness H4057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - “And he will confirm H1396 a covenant H1285 with the many H7227 for one H259 week H7620, but in the middle H2677 of the week H7620 he will put H7673 a H7673 stop H7673 to H7673 sacrifice H2077 and grain offering H4503; and on the wing H3671 of [fn]abominations H8251 will come the one who [fn]makes H8074 desolate H8074, until H5704 a complete H3617 destruction H3617, one that is [fn]decreed H2782, gushes H5413 forth H5413 on the one who [fn]makes H8074 desolate H8074.”

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But with an overflowing H5674 flood H7858

He will make H6213 a complete H3617 end H3617 of [fn]its site H4725,

And will pursue H7291 His enemies H340 into darkness H2822.

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Whatever H4100 you devise H2803 against H413 the LORD H3068,

He will make H6213 a complete H3617 end H3617 of it.

Distress H6869 will not rise H6965 up H6965 twice H6471.

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Neither H1571 H3808 their silver H3701 nor H1571 their gold H2091

Will be H3201 able H3201 to save H5337 them

On the day H3117 of the LORD’S H3068 anger H5678;

And all H3605 the earth H776 will be devoured H398

By the fire H784 of His jealousy H7068,

For He will make H6213 a complete H3617 end H3617,

Indeed H389 a horrifying H926 one,

Of all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the earth H776.

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