כָּלָהkâlâh

be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent

Pronunciation: kaw-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3615

Meanings

Qal

a. be complete, at an end (Genesis 41:53; Genesis 41:54; Jeremiah 8:20)

b. be completed, finished (1 Kings 6:38; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 8:16)

c. be accomplished, fulfilled (Ezekiel 5:13; Daniel 11:36; 2 Chronicles 36:22)

d. be ideally complete, be determined, always in bad sense, plotted (1 Samuel 20:7; 1 Samuel 20:9; 1 Samuel 20:33)

a. be spent, used up, (properly come to an end) (Genesis 21:15; 1 Kings 17:14; 1 Kings 17:16)

b. waste away, be exhausted, fail (Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 32:10; Job 7:9)

c. come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed (Isaiah 1:28; Isaiah 16:4; Isaiah 29:20)

Pi`el: construct (Genesis 18:33; Proverbs 16:30; 2 Samuel 21:5)

a. complete, bring to an end, finish a thing, task, work, etc. (Exodus 5:13; Exodus 5:14; 1 Kings 6:9)

b. complete a period of time (Ezekiel 4:6; Ezekiel 4:8; Job 21:13)

c. finish doing a thing (Genesis 18:33; Genesis 24:15; Genesis 24:19)

d. make an end, end, followed by בְּ (2 Chronicles 20:23; Ezra 10:17; Genesis 44:12)

e. accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass (Ruth 3:18; Lamentations 4:11; Ezekiel 5:13)

f. accomplish in thought, determine (compare Qal 1.d) (Proverbs 16:30)

a. put an end to, cause to cease (Numbers 17:25; Psalms 78:33)

b. cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend (Deuteronomy 32:23; Isaiah 49:4; 1 Samuel 2:33)

c. destroy, exterminate (2 Samuel 21:5; 2 Samuel 22:39; Deuteronomy 7:22)

Pu`al: be finished, ended, be completed (Psalms 72:20; Genesis 2:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 208 times in the Bible.

Genesis 2:1 So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed.
Genesis 2:2 On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work.
Genesis 6:16 Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
Genesis 17:22 When God had finished speaking, he left Abraham.
Genesis 18:33 When the Lord had finished his conversation with Abraham, he went on his way, and Abraham returned to his tent.
Genesis 21:15 When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.

See every passage

Genesis 2:1, 2:2, 6:16, 17:22, 18:33, 21:15, 24:15, 24:19, 24:22, 24:45, 27:30, 41:30, 41:53, 43:2, 44:12, 49:33
Exodus 5:13, 5:14, 31:18, 32:10, 32:12, 33:3, 33:5, 34:33, 39:32, 40:33
Leviticus 16:20, 19:9, 23:22, 26:16, 26:44
Numbers 4:15, 7:1, 16:21, 16:31, 16:45, 17:10, 25:11
Deuteronomy 7:22, 20:9, 26:12, 28:21, 31:24, 32:23, 32:45
Joshua 8:24, 10:20, 19:49, 19:51, 24:20
Judges 3:18, 15:17
Ruth 2:21, 2:23, 3:3, 3:18
1 Samuel 2:33, 3:12, 10:13, 13:10, 15:18, 18:1, 20:7, 20:9, 20:33, 24:16, 25:17
2 Samuel 6:18, 11:19, 13:36, 13:39, 21:5, 22:38, 22:39
1 Kings 1:41, 3:1, 6:9, 6:14, 6:38, 7:1, 7:40, 8:54, 9:1, 17:14, 17:16, 22:11
2 Kings 10:25, 13:17, 13:19
1 Chronicles 16:2, 27:24, 28:20
2 Chronicles 4:11, 7:1, 7:11, 8:8, 8:16, 18:10, 20:23, 24:10, 24:14, 29:17, 29:28, 29:29, 29:34, 31:1, 31:7, 36:22
Ezra 1:1, 9:1, 9:14, 10:17
Nehemiah 4:2
Esther 7:7
Job 4:9, 7:6, 7:9, 9:22, 11:20, 17:5, 19:27, 21:13, 31:16, 33:21, 36:11
Psalms 18:37, 31:10, 37:20, 39:10, 59:13, 69:3, 71:9, 71:13, 72:20, 73:26, 74:11, 78:33, 84:2, 90:7, 90:9, 102:3, 119:81, 119:82, 119:87, 119:123, 143:7
Proverbs 5:11, 16:30, 22:8
Isaiah 1:28, 10:18, 10:25, 15:6, 16:4, 21:16, 24:13, 27:10, 29:20, 31:3, 32:10, 49:4
Jeremiah 5:3, 8:20, 9:16, 10:25, 14:6, 14:12, 16:4, 20:18, 26:8, 43:1, 44:27, 49:37, 51:63
Lamentations 2:11, 2:22, 3:22, 4:11, 4:17
Ezekiel 4:6, 4:8, 5:12, 5:13, 6:12, 7:8, 13:14, 13:15, 20:8, 20:13, 20:21, 22:31, 42:15, 43:8, 43:23, 43:27
Daniel 9:24, 11:36, 12:7
Hosea 11:6
Amos 7:2
Zechariah 5:4
Malachi 3:6

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