כַּלָּה
kallâh · kal-law'
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3634 (כָּלַל);
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
- a bride (as if perfect)
- hence, a son's wife
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
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 כַּלָּה 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
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- my spouse5 · 15%
- his daughter in law4 · 12%
- of the bride4 · 12%
- daughters in law2 · 6%
- her daughter in law2 · 6%
- not that she was his daughter in law1 · 3%
- thy daughter in law1 · 3%
- of thy daughter in law1 · 3%
- with his daughter in law1 · 3%
- with her daughters in law1 · 3%
- unto her daughter in law1 · 3%
- for thy daughter in law1 · 3%
- and his daughter in law1 · 3%
- o my spouse1 · 3%
- them on thee, as a bride1 · 3%
- and as a bride1 · 3%
- over the bride1 · 3%
- or a bride1 · 3%
- and your spouses1 · 3%
- nor your spouses1 · 3%
- and the bride1 · 3%
- the daughter in law1 · 3%
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.