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כָּלָה H3615

kâlâh

kaw-law'

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

Brown–Driver–Briggs

כָּלָה 204 vb. be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
Qal
1
a be complete, at an end, of a period of time
b be completed, finished, of a work
c be accomplished, fulfilled
d be idealy complete, be determined, always in a bad sense, plotted
2
a be spent, used up (prop. come to an end), of water
b waste away, be exhausted, fail
c come to an end, vanish = perish, be destroyed
Pi.
1
a complete, bring to an end, finish, a thing, task, work, etc.
b complete a period of time
c finish doing a thing
d make an end, end
e accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass
f accomplish in thought, determine
2
a put an end to, cause to cease
b cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend
c destroy, sts. exterminate

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


200 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Genesis 2:1
    Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
  • Genesis 2:2
    And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
  • Genesis 6:16
    A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
  • Genesis 17:22
    And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
  • Genesis 18:33
    And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
  • Genesis 21:15
    And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
  • Genesis 24:15
    And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
  • Genesis 24:19
    And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
  • 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;
  • Genesis 24:45
    And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.