כָּלָה
kâlâh · kaw-law'
a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3615 (כָּלָה);
a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction
- a completion
- adverb, completely
- also, destruction
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: altogether, (be, utterly) consume(-d), consummation(-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּלָה 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a full end7 · 32%
- a consumption2 · 9%
- an utter end2 · 9%
- altogether1 · 5%
- hence altogether1 · 5%
- that it was determined1 · 5%
- him altogether1 · 5%
- not utterly consume1 · 5%
- not a full end1 · 5%
- to consume1 · 5%
- an end1 · 5%
- even until the consummation1 · 5%
- shall be consumed1 · 5%
- riddance1 · 5%
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.