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Strong's Number H3615

כָּלָה

kalah · kaw-law'

Transliteration:

kalah{kaw-law'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

982,983,984

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

Usage in the KJV:

consume 59, end 44, finish 20, fail 18, accomplish 12, done 9, spend 4, ended 51, determined 4, away 1, fulfil 3, fainteth 2, destroy 3, left 3, waste 2, misc 13

Total: 206
Occurs 207 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent
1. (Qal)
  1. to be complete, be at an end
  2. to be completed, be finished
  3. to be accomplished, be fulfilled
  4. to be determined, be plotted (bad sense)
  5. to be spent, be used up
  6. to waste away, be exhausted, fail
  7. to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed
2. (Piel)
  1. to complete, bring to an end, finish
  2. to complete (a period of time)
  3. to finish (doing a thing)
  4. to make an end, end
  5. to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass
  6. to accomplish, determine (in thought)
  7. to put an end to, cause to cease
  8. to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend
  9. to destroy, exterminate
3. (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed