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H3615 כָּלָה (kâlâh) kaw-law'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

KJV Usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כָּלָה (ka.lah) — to end: finish. : finish 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

כָּלָה (ka.lah) — to end: destroy. : destroy 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

כָּלָה (ka.lah) — to end: decides. : decides/determines/longs 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

כָּלָה (ka.lah) — to end: expend. : expend/spend/empty/fail 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · כָּלֶה · כָּלָה · כִּלָּיֹון · מִכְלֹות · תִּכְלָה · תַּכְלִית · כִּלְיֹון

Complete | verb qal | ≈ נוח · עבר · תמם

to be finished, to be completed, to come to an end, to be past = process by which an activity comes to full completion

GEN 41:53 · EXO 39:32 · RUT 2:23 · 1KI 17:14 · 1KI 17:16 · 1CH 28:20 · 2CH 29:28 · 2CH 29:34 · 2CH 36:22 · EZR 1:1 · JOB 7:6 · PSA 31:11 · PSA 71:9 · PRO 22:8 · ISA 10:25 · ISA 16:4 · ISA 21:16 · ISA 24:13 · ISA 32:10 · JER 8:20 · LAM 3:22 · EZK 5:13 · DAN 11:36 · DAN 12:7

Alive | verb qal

Collocation: יָמִים כלה

to spend (one's) days, to live (one's) life literally: (one's) days are finished; hence: = process by which people go through life for a particular amount of time

PSA 102:4 · JER 20:18

Alive | verb pi

Collocation: כלה יָמִים

to spend (one's) days, to live (one's) life literally: to finish (one's) days; hence: = action by which people go through the motions of life for a particular amount of time

JOB 21:13 · JOB 36:11 · PSA 90:9 · EZK 4:6 · EZK 4:8 · EZK 43:27

Alive | verb pi

to cause (someone's) else to spend (their) days literally: to finish (someone's) days; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans go through the motions of life for a particular amount of time

PSA 78:33

Imminent | verb qal

to be imminent literally: to be finished; hence: = state in which a harmful action is about to be initiated

1SA 20:7 · 1SA 20:9 · 1SA 25:17 · EST 7:7

Imminent | verb pi

to be bent (on something) literally: to finish; hence: = causative action state in which humans are about to initiate a harmful action

PRO 16:30

Impact | verb qal

to be ravaged, to be consumed, to waste away literally: to be finished; hence: = process by which objects are heavily damaged to the extent that they are almost gone

JOB 33:21 · PRO 5:11 · ISA 15:6

Impact | verb pi

to ravage, to consume literally: to finish; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause heavy damage to objects to the extent that they are almost gone

GEN 41:30 · ISA 10:18 · ISA 27:10 · JER 10:25 · HOS 11:6 · ZEC 5:4

Whole | verb qal

to be completed, to be finished literally: to be finished; hence: = process by which an object has come to the end of its construction phase

1KI 6:38 · 2CH 8:16

Whole | verb pi, verb pu'al

to finish, to complete literally: to finish; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities bring an object to the end of its construction phase

GEN 2:1 · GEN 6:16 · 1KI 6:9 · 1KI 6:14 · 1KI 7:1 · 2CH 7:11

Non-Exist | verb qal | ≈ אבד · אפס · הלך · כרת

to perish, to vanish literally: to finish; hence: = process by which humans and objects completely disappear from existence

GEN 21:15 · JOB 4:9 · JOB 7:9 · PSA 37:20 · PSA 37:20 · PSA 71:13 · PSA 90:7 · ISA 1:28 · ISA 29:20 · ISA 31:3 · JER 16:4 · JER 44:27 · EZK 5:12 · EZK 13:14 · MAL 3:6

Non-Exist | verb pi

to consume, to destroy = literally: to finish; hence: = causative action by which humans and deities cause (other) humans and objects to completely disappear from existance

EXO 32:10 · EXO 32:12 · EXO 33:3 · EXO 33:5 · LEV 26:44 · NUM 16:21 · NUM 17:10 · NUM 25:11 · DEU 7:22 · DEU 28:21 · DEU 32:23 · JOS 24:20 · 1SA 15:18 · 2SA 21:5 · 2SA 22:38 · 2SA 22:39 · 1KI 22:11 · 2KI 13:17 · 2CH 8:8 · 2CH 18:10 · 2CH 20:23 · 2CH 31:1 · EZR 9:14 · JOB 9:22 · PSA 18:38 · PSA 59:14 · PSA 59:14 · PSA 74:11 · PSA 119:87 · JER 5:3 · JER 9:15 · JER 14:12 · JER 49:37 · LAM 2:22 · EZK 20:13 · EZK 22:31 · EZK 43:8

Weak | verb qal, verb pi

to pine away literally: to be finished; hence: = process by which humans feel physically weak as a result of hardship or a deeply felt wish for something to happen

2SA 13:39 · JOB 19:27 · PSA 39:11 · PSA 73:26 · PSA 84:3 · PSA 119:81 · PSA 143:7

Weak | verb qal

Collocation: עֵינַיִם כלה

(one's) eyes grow dim literally: (one's) eyes are finished; hence: = process by which someone's eyes become affected by excessive weeping or hardship

JOB 11:20 · JOB 17:5 · PSA 69:4 · PSA 119:82 · PSA 119:123 · JER 14:6 · LAM 2:11 · LAM 4:17

Weak | verb pi

Collocation: כלה עֵינַיִם

to cause (someone's) eyes to grow dim literally: to finish (someone's) eyes; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause the eyes of others to become affected by excessive weeping

LEV 26:16 · 1SA 2:33 · JOB 31:16

1 JOB 21:13 MT-K יבלו | MT-Q יְכַלּוּ

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כָּלָה 204 vb. be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent Qal

be complete, at an end, of a period of time

be completed, finished, of a work

be accomplished, fulfilled

be idealy complete, be determined, always in a bad sense, plotted

be spent, used up (prop. come to an end), of water

waste away, be exhausted, fail

come to an end, vanish = perish, be destroyed

Pi.

complete, bring to an end, finish, a thing, task, work, etc.

complete a period of time

finish doing a thing

make an end, end

accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass

accomplish in thought, determine

put an end to, cause to cease

cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend

destroy, sts. exterminate

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