Hebrew word study

כָּלָהkâlâh — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, peri…

Pronounced “kaw-law'”

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

Translated in the King James as: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, fully, have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.

Appears 207 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 17×

Genesis 2:1 Genesis 2:2 Genesis 6:16 Genesis 17:22 Genesis 18:33 Genesis 21:15 Genesis 24:15 Genesis 24:19 Genesis 24:22 Genesis 24:45 Genesis 27:30 Genesis 41:30 Genesis 41:53 Genesis 43:2 Genesis 44:12 Genesis 49:33+ 1 more in Genesis

Exodus — 10×

Exodus 5:13 Exodus 5:14 Exodus 31:18 Exodus 32:10 Exodus 32:12 Exodus 33:3 Exodus 33:5 Exodus 34:33 Exodus 39:32 Exodus 40:33

Leviticus — 5×

Leviticus 16:20 Leviticus 19:9 Leviticus 23:22 Leviticus 26:16 Leviticus 26:44

Numbers — 7×

Numbers 4:15 Numbers 7:1 Numbers 16:21 Numbers 16:31 Numbers 16:45 Numbers 17:10 Numbers 25:11

Deuteronomy — 7×

Deuteronomy 7:22 Deuteronomy 20:9 Deuteronomy 26:12 Deuteronomy 28:21 Deuteronomy 31:24 Deuteronomy 32:23 Deuteronomy 32:45

Joshua — 5×

Joshua 8:24 Joshua 10:20 Joshua 19:49 Joshua 19:51 Joshua 24:20

Judges — 2×

Judges 3:18 Judges 15:17

Ruth — 4×

Ruth 2:21 Ruth 2:23 Ruth 3:3 Ruth 3:18

1 Samuel — 11×

1 Sam 2:33 1 Sam 3:12 1 Sam 10:13 1 Sam 13:10 1 Sam 15:18 1 Sam 18:1 1 Sam 20:7 1 Sam 20:9 1 Sam 20:33 1 Sam 24:16 1 Sam 25:17

2 Samuel — 7×

2 Sam 6:18 2 Sam 11:19 2 Sam 13:36 2 Sam 13:39 2 Sam 21:5 2 Sam 22:38 2 Sam 22:39

1 Kings — 12×

1 Ki 1:41 1 Ki 3:1 1 Ki 6:9 1 Ki 6:14 1 Ki 6:38 1 Ki 7:1 1 Ki 7:40 1 Ki 8:54 1 Ki 9:1 1 Ki 17:14 1 Ki 17:16 1 Ki 22:11

2 Kings — 3×

2 Ki 10:25 2 Ki 13:17 2 Ki 13:19

1 Chronicles — 3×

1 Chr 16:2 1 Chr 27:24 1 Chr 28:20

2 Chronicles — 17×

2 Chr 4:11 2 Chr 7:1 2 Chr 7:11 2 Chr 8:8 2 Chr 8:16 2 Chr 18:10 2 Chr 20:23 2 Chr 24:10 2 Chr 24:14 2 Chr 29:17 2 Chr 29:28 2 Chr 29:29 2 Chr 29:34 2 Chr 31:1 2 Chr 31:7 2 Chr 36:22+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 4×

Ezra 1:1 Ezra 9:1 Ezra 9:14 Ezra 10:17

Nehemiah — 1×

Nehemiah 4:2

Esther — 1×

Esther 7:7

Job — 10×

Job 4:9 Job 7:6 Job 7:9 Job 9:22 Job 11:20 Job 17:5 Job 19:27 Job 31:16 Job 33:21 Job 36:11

Psalms — 23×

Psalms 18:37 Psalms 31:10 Psalms 37:20 Psalms 39:10 Psalms 59:13 Psalms 69:3 Psalms 71:9 Psalms 71:13 Psalms 72:20 Psalms 73:26 Psalms 74:11 Psalms 78:33 Psalms 84:2 Psalms 90:7 Psalms 90:9 Psalms 102:3 Psalms 119:81 Psalms 119:82 Psalms 119:87 Psalms 119:123 Psalms 143:7+ 2 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 3×

Proverbs 5:11 Proverbs 16:30 Proverbs 22:8

Isaiah — 12×

Isaiah 1:28 Isaiah 10:18 Isaiah 10:25 Isaiah 15:6 Isaiah 16:4 Isaiah 21:16 Isaiah 24:13 Isaiah 27:10 Isaiah 29:20 Isaiah 31:3 Isaiah 32:10 Isaiah 49:4

Jeremiah — 13×

Jeremiah 5:3 Jeremiah 8:20 Jeremiah 9:16 Jeremiah 10:25 Jeremiah 14:6 Jeremiah 14:12 Jeremiah 16:4 Jeremiah 20:18 Jeremiah 26:8 Jeremiah 43:1 Jeremiah 44:27 Jeremiah 49:37 Jeremiah 51:63

Lamentations — 5×

Lam 2:11 Lam 2:22 Lam 3:22 Lam 4:11 Lam 4:17

Ezekiel — 17×

Ezekiel 4:6 Ezekiel 4:8 Ezekiel 5:12 Ezekiel 5:13 Ezekiel 6:12 Ezekiel 7:8 Ezekiel 13:14 Ezekiel 13:15 Ezekiel 20:8 Ezekiel 20:13 Ezekiel 20:21 Ezekiel 22:31 Ezekiel 42:15 Ezekiel 43:8 Ezekiel 43:23 Ezekiel 43:27+ 1 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 4×

Daniel 9:24 Daniel 11:36 Daniel 12:7+ 1 more in Daniel

Hosea — 1×

Amos — 1×

Zechariah — 1×

Malachi — 1×

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