Hebrew · H3615

כָּלָה

To end , whether intransitive (to cease , be finished , perish ) or transitive (to complete , prepare , consume )

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כָּלָה H3615

Pronunciation kālāh

What does כָּלָה (kālāh) mean in the Bible?

כָּלָה (kālāh): Denotes completion or cessation with often destructive finality; encompasses both natural ending and violent destruction or consumption.

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Questions this entry answers

What does כָּלָה (kālāh) mean in the Bible?

כָּלָה (kālāh): Denotes completion or cessation with often destructive finality; encompasses both natural ending and violent destruction or consumption.

How does the BSB render H3615?

The BSB source-word alignment has 207 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include had finished (20), fail (6), finished (4), and vent (3), they are finished off (3).

Where does כָּלָה (kālāh) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 2:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (23), 2 Chronicles (17), Ezekiel (17), Genesis (17).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

had finished 20× Genesis 2:2, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 24:22

fail 6× Psalms 69:3, Psalms 119:82, Psalms 119:123, Jeremiah 14:6

finished 4× Exodus 40:33, Numbers 7:1, 1 Kings 7:40, 2 Chronicles 4:11

and vent 3× Ezekiel 7:8, Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 20:21

they are finished off 3× 1 Kings 22:11, 2 Chronicles 18:10, Jeremiah 44:27

will fail 3× Job 11:20, Job 17:5, Isaiah 32:10

consume 2× Numbers 25:11, Psalms 59:13

fails 2× Psalms 71:9, Psalms 143:7

faints 2× Psalms 84:2, Psalms 119:81

have finished 2× Numbers 4:15, Deuteronomy 20:9

intentions 2× 1 Samuel 20:7, 1 Samuel 20:9

so that I may consume 2× Numbers 16:21, Numbers 16:45

they were consumed 2× 2 Samuel 22:38, Psalms 18:37

to fail 2× 1 Samuel 2:33, Job 31:16

to fulfill 2× 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:1

was completed 2× Exodus 39:32, 2 Chronicles 29:28

was finished 2× 1 Kings 6:38, 2 Chronicles 29:34

were completed 2× Genesis 2:1, 2 Chronicles 29:29

When He had finished 2× Genesis 17:22, 2 Kings 10:25

When you have finished 2× 2 Samuel 11:19, Ezekiel 43:23

will perish 2× Isaiah 1:28, Isaiah 31:3

. . . 1× Isaiah 24:13

[and] consumed 1× Psalms 71:13

[Jacob’s sons] had eaten all 1× Genesis 43:2

After she 1× Genesis 24:19

all the way 1× Leviticus 23:22

am perishing 1× Psalms 39:10

And after I have vented 1× Ezekiel 13:15

And as he finished 1× 2 Samuel 13:36

and consume 1× Joshua 24:20

and consume them 1× Exodus 32:10

and consumed them 1× Ezekiel 22:31

and destroy it 1× Zechariah 5:4

and ending 1× Genesis 44:12

and finished 1× 1 Kings 6:14

and finished him off 1× Jeremiah 10:25

and finished it 1× 1 Kings 6:9

and put an end to them 1× Ezekiel 20:13

and they finished 1× 2 Chronicles 31:7

and to end 1× Jeremiah 20:18

And when I have spent 1× Ezekiel 5:13

And when Saul had finished 1× 1 Samuel 10:13

And when they had finished off 1× 2 Chronicles 20:23

and wipe them 1× Exodus 32:12

and you will be destroyed 1× Ezekiel 13:14

are spent 1× Proverbs 5:11

As soon as [Moses] had finished 1× Numbers 16:31

At the end 1× Ezekiel 43:27

be exhausted 1× 1 Kings 17:14

been destroyed 1× Malachi 3:6

came to an end 1× Genesis 41:53

consume them 1× Psalms 59:13

consumed us 1× 2 Samuel 21:5

continued 1× Joshua 10:20

David had finished 1× 1 Samuel 18:1

destroyed 1× 2 Chronicles 8:8

destroys 1× Job 9:22

Ehud had finished 1× Judges 3:18

exhausted 1× 1 Kings 17:16

finish 1× 1 Chronicles 27:24

finish [its walls] 1× Genesis 6:16

finishing 1× 2 Chronicles 29:17

Fulfill 1× Exodus 5:13

fulfilled 1× Exodus 5:14

had been accomplished 1× Ezra 9:1

had ended 1× 2 Chronicles 31:1

has ceased 1× Isaiah 16:4

has destroyed 1× Lamentations 2:22

has ended 1× Jeremiah 8:20

has exhausted 1× Lamentations 4:11

has finally been 1× Daniel 12:7

he had finished 1× 1 Kings 3:1

He has exterminated 1× Deuteronomy 28:21

he has finished 1× Ruth 3:3

he has resolved 1× Ruth 3:18

I devoured 1× 2 Samuel 22:39

I finish them off 1× Jeremiah 49:37

I have finished them off 1× Jeremiah 9:16

I have spent 1× Isaiah 49:4

I might destroy 1× Exodus 33:3

I will spend 1× Deuteronomy 32:23

I would destroy you 1× Exodus 33:5

is bent on 1× Proverbs 16:30

is completed 1× Daniel 11:36

is consumed 1× Psalms 31:10

is finished 1× 1 Chronicles 28:20

is gone 1× Isaiah 15:6

is spent 1× Ezekiel 5:13

it was finished 1× 2 Chronicles 8:16

it was full 1× 2 Chronicles 24:10

it will completely destroy 1× Isaiah 10:18

it will destroy 1× Hosea 11:6

Just as he finished 1× 1 Samuel 13:10

longed 1× 2 Samuel 13:39

looms 1× 1 Samuel 25:17

may fail 1× Psalms 73:26

Now when [the man] had finished 1× Ezekiel 42:15

or be consumed 1× Ezekiel 5:12

so as to destroy them 1× Leviticus 26:44

So He ended 1× Psalms 78:33

So I will vent 1× Ezekiel 6:12

so that you may put an end 1× Numbers 17:10

So they finished 1× Joshua 19:51

that will destroy 1× Leviticus 26:16

the locusts had 1× Amos 7:2

then they end 1× Job 36:11

Therefore I have consumed 1× Ezekiel 43:8

they are consumed 1× Job 4:9

they come to an end 1× Job 7:6

they had dealt 1× Ezra 10:17

they had utterly destroyed them all 1× 2 Chronicles 31:1

they have finished gathering 1× Ruth 2:21

they have had enough 1× Genesis 24:19

they strip 1× Isaiah 27:10

They will be finished off 1× Jeremiah 16:4

they will fade away 1× Psalms 37:20

They will vanish 1× Psalms 37:20

Thus conclude 1× Psalms 72:20

to complete 1× 1 Kings 7:1

to destroy them 1× Psalms 74:11

to eliminate them 1× Deuteronomy 7:22

to end 1× 1 Samuel 3:12

to reap 1× Leviticus 19:9

to stop 1× Daniel 9:24

vanish 1× Psalms 102:3

vanishes 1× Job 7:9

was determined 1× 1 Samuel 20:33

was gone 1× Genesis 21:15

was planning 1× Esther 7:7

wastes away 1× Job 33:21

we are consumed 1× Psalms 90:7

we finish 1× Psalms 90:9

were failing 1× Lamentations 4:17

were finished 1× Ruth 2:23

were finishing 1× 1 Kings 1:41

When [Aaron] has finished 1× Leviticus 16:20

when [Samson] had finished 1× Judges 15:17

When [the LORD] had finished 1× Exodus 31:18

When they had finished 1× Joshua 19:49

When they were finished 1× 2 Chronicles 24:14

When you finish 1× Jeremiah 51:63

When you have completed 1× Ezekiel 4:6

will be completed 1× Daniel 12:7

will be destroyed 1× Proverbs 22:8

will be gone 1× Isaiah 21:16

will devastate 1× Genesis 41:30

will disappear 1× Isaiah 29:20

will finish them off 1× Jeremiah 14:12

will subside 1× Isaiah 10:25

Will they complete it 1× Nehemiah 4:2

wipe us out 1× Ezra 9:14

wiped me 1× Psalms 119:87

yearns 1× Job 19:27

You finished them off 1× Jeremiah 5:3

you had put an end to it 1× 2 Kings 13:19

you have finished 1× Ezekiel 4:8

you have finished laying aside 1× Deuteronomy 26:12

you have put an end to them 1× 2 Kings 13:17

you have wiped them out 1× 1 Samuel 15:18

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 2:1

Aligned rows 207

Books represented 29

Genesis 17 Exodus 10 Leviticus 5 Numbers 7 Deuteronomy 7 Joshua 5 Judges 2 Ruth 4 1 Samuel 11 2 Samuel 7 1 Kings 12 2 Kings 3 1 Chronicles 3 2 Chronicles 17 Ezra 4 Nehemiah 1 Esther 1 Job 10 Psalms 23 Proverbs 3 Isaiah 12 Jeremiah 13 Lamentations 5 Ezekiel 17 Daniel 4 Hosea 1 Amos 1 Zechariah 1 Malachi 1

Source forms

וַיְכַ֣ל 6x way·ḵal Exodus 34:33, Deuteronomy 32:45, 2 Samuel 6:18, 1 Kings 7:40

כְּכַלּ֣וֹת 6x kə·ḵal·lō·wṯ Deuteronomy 31:24, Joshua 8:24, 1 Samuel 24:16, 1 Kings 8:54

כָּ֣לָה 4x kā·lāh Isaiah 15:6, Isaiah 16:4, Jeremiah 8:20, Daniel 11:36

כְּכַלֹּתוֹ֙ 3x kə·ḵal·lō·ṯōw Exodus 31:18, 1 Samuel 13:10, 1 Samuel 18:1

כָּלָ֣ה 3x kā·lāh 1 Kings 6:38, Job 7:9, Isaiah 32:10

כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃ 3x kal·lō·w·ṯām 2 Samuel 22:38, 2 Chronicles 18:10, Psalms 18:37

לִכְל֥וֹת 3x liḵ·lō·wṯ 2 Chronicles 29:28, 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:1

וַיְכַ֤ל 2x way·ḵal Genesis 2:2, Genesis 49:33

Parsing patterns

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 14x Genesis 2:2, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 49:33, Exodus 34:33

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural 11x Job 19:27, Psalms 31:10, Psalms 37:20, Psalms 69:3

Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular 10x Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 27:30, Genesis 44:12

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular 10x 1 Samuel 20:33, 1 Kings 6:38, Job 7:9, Psalms 73:26

Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct 9x Deuteronomy 20:9, Deuteronomy 31:24, Joshua 8:24, Joshua 10:20

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular 8x 1 Samuel 20:7, 1 Samuel 20:9, 1 Samuel 25:17, 1 Kings 17:16

Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular 7x Exodus 31:18, Numbers 16:31, Judges 15:17, 1 Samuel 13:10

Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural 7x Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 43:2, Ruth 2:21

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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כָּלָה

What does כָּלָה (kālāh) mean in the Bible?

What does כָּלָה (kālāh) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H3615?

Where does כָּלָה (kālāh) appear in Scripture?

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