כֶּלֶא
keleʼ · keh'-leh
a prison
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3607 (כָּלָא);
a prison
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: prison. Compare H3610 (כִּלְאַיִם), H3628 (כְּלִיא).
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 כֶּלֶא 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- this fellow in the prison2 · 20%
- his prison2 · 20%
- him in prison1 · 10%
- out of prison1 · 10%
- out of the prison1 · 10%
- in prison1 · 10%
- that the prison1 · 10%
- me in prison1 · 10%
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.