Strong's Lexicon

H3634

H3634 — כָּלַל

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

HebrewkalalverbOccurrences: 2TWOT: 985

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3634
Word:	כָּלַל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	kalal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaw-lal'
Meaning:	1. to complete
KJV Renderings:	(make) perfect.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4036

I. כָּלַל verb complete, perfect (Late Hebrew comprehend, include, Pi`el complete, כְּלָל a general rule, בִּכְלָל in general; Biblical Aramaic and Syriac Shaph`el שׁכלל, [untranscribed source text 2524] complete, finish; Assyrian kalâli III. I. 2. complete; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2525] is be wearied, fatigued; Aramaic כְּלִילָא, [untranscribed source text 2526] is a crown, hence denominative אַכְלֵיל, [untranscribed source text 2527] to crown; Ethiopic I. 2 [untranscribed source text 2528] to crown, [untranscribed source text 2529] a crown, [untranscribed source text 2530] crowning (of bride), nuptials; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2531] a crown, loan-word (Frä⁶²)): — Ezek 27:4 בֹּנַיִךְ כָּֽלְלוּ יָפְיֵךְ thy builders have perfected thy beauty (of Tyre, under figure of ship), Ezek 27:11.

BDB9611

[כְּלַל] verb complete (see Biblical Hebrew I. [כָּלַל]; but ׳ שַׁכ perhaps loan-word from Assyrian šuklulu , ušaklil, uštaklil, DI^{WB 331,} compare שֵׁיוֵב, שֵׁיצֵא and Buhl¹⁴); —

Shaph`el of building: Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix שַׁכְלְלֵהּ Ezra 5:11 he finished it; 3 masculine plural שַׁכְלִלוּ Ezra 6:14, also (with accusative of thing) Ezra 4:12 ( Kt שׁודי אשׁכללו, read Qr ) ׳ שׁוּרַיָא שׁ; Infinitive לְהַשְׁכְּלָלָה, accusative of thing Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:9.

Ishtaph. be completed, of walls; Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִשְׁתַּכְלְלוּן Ezra 4:13; Ezra 4:16.

Other Resources

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