כָּלִיל
kâlîyl · kaw-leel'
complete; as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed); as adverb, fully
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3634 (כָּלַל);
complete; as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed); as adverb, fully
- complete
- as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed)
- as adverb, fully
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: all, every whit, flame, perfect(-ion), utterly, whole burnt offering (sacrifice), wholly.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
The open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּלִיל 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- all2 · 13%
- wholly2 · 13%
- it shall be wholly1 · 7%
- shall be wholly burnt1 · 7%
- thereof every whit1 · 7%
- thee, and whole burnt sacrifice1 · 7%
- them, and, behold, the flame1 · 7%
- and whole1 · 7%
- he shall utterly1 · 7%
- the perfection1 · 7%
- for it was perfect1 · 7%
- i am of perfect1 · 7%
- and perfect1 · 7%
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.