Strong's Lexicon

H3616

H3616 — כָּלֶה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewkalehadjectiveOccurrences: 1TWOT: 982b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3616
Word:כָּלֶה
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H3615
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:kaleh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kaw-leh'
Meaning:1. pining
KJV Renderings:fail.

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[כָּלֶה] adjective failing with desire, longing, only feminine plural וְעֵינֶיךָ ראֹוֺת וְכָלוֺת אֲלֵיהֶם Deut 28:32 while thine eyes look and fail longingly for them (compare verb כלה Qal 2.b., and כִּלָּיוֺן below)


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כלה (kah-lah’)

Genesis 18:21

KJV: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
EHCC: whether they have done altogether

Exodus 11:1

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
EHCC: thrust you out hence altogether

1 Samuel 20:83

EHCC: Jonathan knew that it was determined

2 Chronicles 12:19

EHCC: ומ. would not destroy (him) altogether :

Nehemiah 9:81

EHCC: thou didst not stterly consume them, (lit.

Nehemiah 6:10

KJV: Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
EHCC: but make not a full end:

Nehemiah 18:1

EHCC: will not make a full end

Nehemiah 80:11

EHCC: though Imake a full end

Nehemiah 46:28

EHCC: 1 will make a full end

Nehemiah 218:8

EHCC: tones in (my) fury fo consume

Nehemiah 20:17

EHCC: heither did I tl eh ofthem

Daniel 9:27

KJV: And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.the covenant: or, a covenantfor the…: or, with the abominable armiesthe desolate: or, the desolator
EHCC: until the consummation,

Daniel 11:16

KJV: But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.glorious…: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. land of ornament
EHCC: which by his hand shail be consumed. (lit.

Zephaniah 1:18

KJV: Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
EHCC: he shall make even a speedy riddance
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