כָּלָהkâlâh

completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation

Pronunciation: kaw-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3617

Meanings

1. completion (Genesis 18:21; Exodus 11:1)

2. complete destruction, consumption, annihilation

a. almost always by God (Isaiah 10:23; Nahum 1:8; Nahum 1:9)

b. by men (Jeremiah 5:10; Daniel 11:16)

Same root

כָּלָהkâlâh · H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

Where it appears

Appears 21 times in the Bible.

Genesis 18:21 I am going down to see if their actions are as wicked as I have heard. If not, I want to know.”
Exodus 11:1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will strike Pharaoh and the land of Egypt with one more blow. After that, Pharaoh will let you leave this country. In fact, he will be so eager to get rid of you that he will force you all to leave.
2 Chronicles 12:12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger was turned away, and he did not destroy him completely. There were still some good things in the land of Judah.
Nehemiah 9:31 But in your great mercy, you did not destroy them completely or abandon them forever. What a gracious and merciful God you are!
Isaiah 10:23 Yes, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, has already decided to destroy the entire land.
Isaiah 28:22 For the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, has plainly said that he is determined to crush the whole land. So scoff no more, or your punishment will be even greater.

See every passage

Genesis 18:21
Exodus 11:1
2 Chronicles 12:12
Nehemiah 9:31
Isaiah 10:23, 28:22
Jeremiah 4:27, 5:10, 5:18, 30:11, 46:28
Ezekiel 11:13, 13:13, 20:17
Daniel 9:27, 11:16
Nahum 1:8, 1:9
Zephaniah 1:18

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).