כָּלָא
kâlâʼ · kaw-law'
to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads › strength, the leader
The open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּלָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was restrained1 · 6%
- of us shall withhold1 · 6%
- were restrained1 · 6%
- forbid1 · 6%
- and shut up1 · 6%
- be thou, which hast kept1 · 6%
- lo, i have not refrained1 · 6%
- withhold1 · 6%
- unto them: i am shut up1 · 6%
- i have refrained1 · 6%
- to retain1 · 6%
- keep not back1 · 6%
- was shut up1 · 6%
- had shut him up1 · 6%
- were stayed1 · 6%
- to finish1 · 6%
- over you is stayed1 · 6%
- is stayed1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.