The meaning of “כָּלָה”
Understanding kâlâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (caus...
כָּלָה
accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste. - to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume) 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 24:22 | “And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;” Word: כָּלָה (kâlâh) | |
| Joshua 19:49 | “When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:” Word: כָּלָה (kâlâh) | |
| 1 Kings 7:1 | “But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.” Word: כָּלָה (kâlâh) | |
| Nehemiah 4:2 | “And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?” Word: כָּלָה (kâlâh) | |
| Isaiah 24:13 | “When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.” Word: כָּלָה (kâlâh) |
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