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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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  • Psalms 71:9
    Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
  • Psalms 71:13
    Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
  • Psalms 72:20
    The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
  • Psalms 73:26
    My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
  • Psalms 74:11
    Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
  • Psalms 78:33
    Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
  • Psalms 84:2
    My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
  • Psalms 90:7
    For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
  • Psalms 90:9
    For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
  • Psalms 102:3
    For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.