The meaning of “כָּלִיל”
Understanding kâlîyl reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
all, every whit, flame, perfect(-ion), utterly, whole burnt offering (sacrifice), wholly. - complete - as noun, the whol...
כָּלִיל
all, every whit, flame, perfect(-ion), utterly, whole burnt offering (sacrifice), wholly. - complete - as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed) - as adverb, fully adj 1) entire, all, perfect adv 2) entirety subst 3) whole, whole burnt offering, holocaust, entirety
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 39:22 | “And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.” Word: כָּלִיל (kâlîyl) | |
| Numbers 4:6 | “And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.” Word: כָּלִיל (kâlîyl) | |
| Judges 20:40 | “But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.” Word: כָּלִיל (kâlîyl) | |
| Psalms 51:19 | “Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. ” Word: כָּלִיל (kâlîyl) | |
| Lamentations 2:15 | “All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?” Word: כָּלִיל (kâlîyl) |
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