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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

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  • Job 21:13
    They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
  • Job 31:16
    If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
  • Job 33:21
    His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
  • Job 36:11
    If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
  • Psalms 18:37
    I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
  • Psalms 31:10
    For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
  • Psalms 37:20
    But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
  • Psalms 39:10
    Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
  • Psalms 59:13
    Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
  • Psalms 69:3
    I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.