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Lexicon :: Strong's H3618 - kallâ

Aa
כַּלָּה
Transliteration
kallâ
Pronunciation
kal-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 986a

Strong’s Definitions

כַּלָּה kallâh, kal-law'; from H3634; a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife:—bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H3618 in the following manner: daughter in law (17x), bride (9x), spouse (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H3618 in the following manner: daughter in law (17x), bride (9x), spouse (8x).
  1. bride, daughter-in-law

    1. daughter-in-law

    2. bride, young wife

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּלָּה kallâh, kal-law'; from H3634; a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife:—bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
STRONGS H3618: Abbreviations
כַּלָּה noun feminine daughter-in-law, bride; — absolute כ׳ Jeremiah 2:32 + 14 times; suffix כַּלָּתוֺ Genesis 11:31 + 5 times; כַּלָּתָהּ Ruth 1:22 + 2 times, etc.; plural suffix כַּלֹּתֶיהָ Ruth 1:6, 8, כַּלּוֺתֶיהָ Ruth 1:7, כַּלּוֺתֵיהֶם Hosea 4:13, 14; —
1. daughter-in-law, in reference to husband's father Genesis 38:11, 16, 24 (J), compare 1 Chronicles 2:4; 1 Samuel 4:19; Ezekiel 22:11; Micah 7:6; Genesis 11:31 (P), Leviticus 18:15; Leviticus 20:12 (both H); husband's mother Ruth 1:6, 7, 8, 22; Ruth 2:20, 22; Ruth 4:15.
2. bride, usually
a. just before marriage Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 2:32 (all in simile, etc.), || חָתָן Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 33:11; Joel 2:16; Songs 4:8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Songs 5:1.
b. also just after marriage = young wife Hosea 4:13, 14; read הַכַּלָּה likewise 2 Samuel 17:3 (for MT הַכֹּל), Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Klo Kit Bu.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:31; 11:31; 38:11; 38:16; 38:24

Leviticus

18:15; 20:12

Ruth

1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:7; 1:8; 1:8; 1:22; 1:22; 2:20; 2:22; 4:15

1 Samuel

4:19

2 Samuel

17:3

1 Chronicles

2:4

Song of Songs

4:8; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 4:12; 5:1

Isaiah

49:18; 61:10; 62:5

Jeremiah

2:32; 2:32; 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11

Ezekiel

22:11

Hosea

4:13; 4:13; 4:14; 4:14

Joel

2:16

Micah

7:6

H3618

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3618 matches the Hebrew כַּלָּה (kallâ),
which occurs 34 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 -

Now Terah H8646 took H3947 his son H1121 Abram H87, and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039, his grandson H1121, and his daughter-in-law H3618 Sarai H8297, his son H1121 Abram’s H87 wife H802, and they departed H3318 [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 to go H1980 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and they went H935 as far H5704 as Haran H2771 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then Judah H3063 said H559 to his daughter-in-law H3618 Tamar H8559, “Remain H3427 a widow H490 in your father’s H1 house H1004 until H5704 my son H1121 Shelah H7956 grows H1431 up”; for he [fn]thought H559, “I am afraid that he too H1571 may die H4191 like his brothers H251.” So Tamar H8559 went H1980 and lived H3427 in her father’s H1 house H1004.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:16 - So he turned H5186 aside H5186 to her by the road H1870, and said H559, “[fn]Here H3051 now H4994, let me have H935 relations H935 with H935 you”; for he did not know H3045 that she was his daughter-in-law H3618. And she said H559, “What H4100 will you give H5414 me, that you may have H935 relations H935 with H935 me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 -

Now it was about three H7969 months H2320 later H4480 that Judah H3063 was [fn]informed H5046, “Your daughter-in-law H3618 Tamar H8559 has prostituted H2181 herself, and behold H2009, she is also H1571 pregnant H2030 by prostitution H2183.” Then Judah H3063 said H559, “Bring H3318 her out H3318 and have her burned H8313!”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:15 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your daughter-in-law H3618. She is your son’s H1121 wife H802; you shall not uncover H1540 her nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:12 - ‘If there is a man H376 who H834 sleeps H7901 with his daughter-in-law H3618, both H8147 of them must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191. They have committed H6213 [fn]incest H8397, and have brought their [fn]own deaths H1818 upon themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 -

Then she arose H6965 with her daughters-in-law H3618 to return H7725 from the land H7704 of Moab H4124, because H3588 she had heard H8085 in the land H7704 of Moab H4124 that the LORD H3068 had visited H6485 His people H5971 by giving H5414 them food H3899.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - So she departed H3318 from the place H4725 where H834 H8033 she was, and her two H8147 daughters-in-law H3618 with her; and they went H1980 on the way H1870 to return H7725 to the land H776 of Judah H3063.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:8 - But Naomi H5281 said H559 to her two H8147 daughters-in-law H3618, “Go H1980, return H7725 each H802 of you to [fn]your mother’s H517 house H1004. May the LORD H3068 deal H6213 kindly H2617 with you as you have dealt H6213 with the dead H4191 and with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 -

So Naomi H5281 returned H7725, and with her Ruth H7327 the Moabitess H4125, her daughter-in-law H3618, who returned H7725 from the land H7704 of Moab H4124. And they came H935 to Bethlehem H1035 at the beginning H8462 of barley H8184 harvest H7105.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - Naomi H5281 said H559 to her daughter-in-law H3618, “May he be blessed H1288 of the LORD H3068 who H834 has not withdrawn H5800 His kindness H2617 from the living H2416 and from the dead H4191.” Again Naomi H5281 said H559 to her, “The man H376 is our relative H7138; he is one of our redeemers H1350.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:22 - And Naomi H5281 said H559 to her daughter-in-law H3618 Ruth H7327, “It is good H2896, my daughter H1323, that you go H3318 out H3318 with his young H5291 women H5291, so that others do not assault H6293 you in another H312 field H7704.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - “May he also be to you one who restores H7725 life H5315 and sustains H3557 your old H7872 age H7872; for your daughter-in-law H3618, who H834 loves H157 you [fn]and is better H2896 to you than H4480 seven H7651 sons H1121, has given H3205 birth H3205 to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 -

Now his daughter-in-law H3618, Phinehas’ H6372 wife H802, was pregnant H2030 and about to give H3205 birth H3205; and when she heard H8085 the news H8052 that the ark H727 of God H430 had been taken H3947 and that her father-in-law H2524 and her husband H376 had died H4191, she kneeled H3766 down H3766 and gave H3205 birth H3205, because H3588 her pains H6735 came H2015 upon her.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4 - His daughter-in-law H3618 Tamar H8559 bore H3205 him Perez H6557 and Zerah H2226. Judah H3063 had five H2568 sons H1121 in all H3605.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 -

Come with me from Lebanon H3844, my bride H3618,

You shall come H935 with me from Lebanon H3844.

You shall [fn]come H7788 down H7788 from the summit H7218 of Amana H549,

From the summit H7218 of Senir H8149 and Hermon H2768,

From the dens H4585 of lions H738,

From the mountains H2022 of leopards H5246.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:9 -

“You have [fn]enchanted H3823 my heart H3823, my sister H269, my bride H3618;

You have [fn]enchanted H3823 my heart H3823 with a single H259 glance of your eyes H5869,

With a single H259 strand H6060 of your necklace H6677.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 -

“How H4100 beautiful H3302 is H3302 your love H1730, my sister H269, my bride H3618!

How H4100 much [fn]sweeter H2896 is your love H1730 than H4480 wine H3196,

And the fragrance H7381 of your oils H8081

Than H4480 that of all H3605 kinds of balsam H1314 oils H1314!

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 -

“Your lips H8193 drip H5197 honey H5317, my bride H3618;

Honey H1706 and milk H2461 are under H8478 your tongue H3956,

And the fragrance H7381 of your garments H8008 is like the fragrance H7381 of Lebanon H3844.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 -

“A locked H5274 garden H1588 is my sister H269, my bride H3618,

A locked H5274 spring H1530, a sealed H2856 fountain H4599.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 -

The Groom

“I have come H935 into my garden H1588, my sister H269, my bride H3618;

I have gathered H717 my myrrh H4753 along H5973 with H5973 my balsam H1314.

I have eaten H398 my honeycomb H3293 with my honey H1706;

I have drunk H8354 my wine H3196 with my milk H2461.

Eat H398, friends H7453;

Drink H8354 and [fn]drink H7937 deeply H7937, lovers H1730.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:18 -

“Raise H5375 your eyes H5869 and look H7200 around H5439;

All H3605 of them gather H6908 together, they come H935 to you.

As I live H2416,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,

“You will certainly H3588 put H3847 them all H3605 on H3847 as [fn]jewelry H5716 and bind H7194 them on as a bride H3618.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 -

I will rejoice H7797 greatly H7797 in the LORD H3068,

My soul H5315 will be H1523 joyful H1523 in my God H430;

For He has clothed H3847 me with garments H899 of salvation H3468,

He has wrapped H5844 me with a robe H4598 of righteousness H6666,

As a groom H2860 puts H3547 on H3547 a turban H6287,

And as a bride H3618 adorns H5710 herself with her jewels H3627.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 -

For as a young H970 man H970 marries H1166 a virgin H1330,

So your sons H1121 will marry H1166 you;

And as the [fn]groom H2860 rejoices H4885 over H5921 the bride H3618,

So your God H430 will rejoice H7797 over H5921 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:32 -

“Can a virgin H1330 forget H7911 her jewelry H5716,

Or a bride H3618 her attire H7196?

Yet My people H5971 have forgotten H7911 Me

For days H3117 without H369 number H4557.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - “Then I will eliminate H7673 from the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and from the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 the voice H6963 of joy H8342 and the voice H6963 of gladness H8057, the voice H6963 of the groom H2860 and the voice H6963 of the bride H3618; for the land H776 will become H1961 a site H2723 of H2723 ruins H2723.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: “Behold H2009, I am going to eliminate H7673 from this H2088 place H4725, before your eyes H5869 and in your time H3117, the voice H6963 of rejoicing H8342 and the voice H6963 of joy H8057, the voice H6963 of the groom H2860 and the voice H6963 of the bride H3618.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - ‘Moreover, I will eliminate H6 from them the voice H6963 of jubilation H8342 and the voice H6963 of joy H8057, the voice H6963 of the groom H2860 and the voice H6963 of the bride H3618, the sound H6963 of the millstones H7347 and the light H216 of the lamp H5216.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - the voice H6963 of joy H8342 and the voice H6963 of gladness H8057, the voice H6963 of the groom H2860 and the voice H6963 of the bride H3618, the voice H6963 of those who say H559,

“Give H3034 thanks H3034 to the LORD H3068 of armies H6635,

For the LORD H3068 is good H2896,

For His mercy H2617 is everlasting H5769,”

as they bring H935 a thanksgiving H8426 offering H8426 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068. For I will restore H7725 the fortunes H7622 of the land H776 as they were at first H7223,’ says H559 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - “And one H376 has committed H6213 abomination H8441 with his neighbor’s H7453 wife H802, another H376 has outrageously H2154 defiled H2930 his daughter-in-law H3618, and another H376 among you has sexually abused H6031 his sister H269, his father’s H1 daughter H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 -

They offer H2076 sacrifices H2076 on the tops H7218 of the mountains H2022

And [fn]burn H6999 incense H6999 on the hills H1389,

Under H8478 oak H437, poplar H3839, and terebinth H424,

Because H3588 their shade H6738 is pleasant H2896.

Therefore H5921 H3651 your daughters H1323 play H2181 the H2181 prostitute H2181,

And your [fn]brides H3618 commit H5003 adultery H5003.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 -

I will not punish H6485 your daughters H1323 when H3588 they play H2181 the H2181 prostitute H2181,

Or your [fn]brides H3618 when H3588 they commit H5003 adultery H5003,

Because H3588 the men themselves H1992 slip H6504 away H6504 with the prostitutes H2185

And offer H2076 sacrifices H2076 with temple H6945 prostitutes H6945;

So the people H5971 without H3808 understanding H995 are ruined H3832.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 -

Gather H622 the people H5971, sanctify H6942 the congregation H6951,

Assemble H6908 the elders H2205,

Gather H622 the children H5768 and the nursing H3243 H7699 infants H3243 H7699.

Have the groom H2860 come H3318 out H3318 of his room H2315

And the bride H3618 out of her bridal H2646 chamber H2646.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6 -

For son H1121 disavows H5034 father H1,

Daughter H1323 rises H6965 up H6965 against her mother H517,

Daughter-in-law H3618 against her mother-in-law H2545;

A person’s H376 enemies H340 are the people H376 of his own household H1004.

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