כָּלָה kalah
Hebrew word for “consumption” · Strong’s H3617 · used 21 times in 19 verses
Meaning
1) completion, termination, full end, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation;
How it is translated
Glosses given for kalah in context, with how often each is used:
- complete destruction 19
- completion 1
- completely 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 7 | 0.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Daniel | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Nahum | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 5 (2), Nahum 1 (2), Genesis 18 (1), Exodus 11 (1), 2 Chronicles 12 (1), Nehemiah 9 (1), Isaiah 10 (1), Isaiah 28 (1), Jeremiah 4 (1), Jeremiah 30 (1)
Forms
- כלה 16
- וכלה 3
- לכלה 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with kalah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חָרַץ charats “to decide” 3
- אֵת et “with” 6
- יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 4
- אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 4
- שָׁחַת shachat “to ruin” 3
- נָקָה naqah “to clear” 2
- יָסַר yasar “to discipline” 2
- נְאֻם neum “utterance” 3
- אַל al “not” 3
- גַּם gam “also” 3
- אַךְ akh “surely” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 3
Key verses
The verses using kalah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 18:21 — I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
- Nehemiah 9:31 — Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
- Isaiah 28:22 — Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole…
- Jeremiah 4:27 — For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
- Jeremiah 5:10 — Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
- Jeremiah 30:11 — For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of…
- Jeremiah 46:28 — Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not…
- Ezekiel 11:13 — And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord…
- Daniel 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the…
- Nahum 1:8 — But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
- Nahum 1:9 — What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
- Zephaniah 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his…
See all 19 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.