כְּלַל
kᵉlal · kel-al'
to complete
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3634 (כָּלַל);
to complete
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: finish, make (set) up.
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
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
The open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּלַל 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and have set up2 · 25%
- and to make up2 · 25%
- set up1 · 13%
- thereof set up1 · 13%
- and set up1 · 13%
- and finished1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra7
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.