Keraia
Lexicon

כָּלָה

ka.lahto end: finishHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb207 occurrences29 books201 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
Traditional renderings: 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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּלָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

207 total
  1. Daniel 11:36כָּ֣לָה · is completed
    Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
  2. Daniel 12:7וּכְכַלּ֛וֹת · has finally been; תִּכְלֶ֥ינָה · will be completed
    And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
  3. Hosea 11:6וְכִלְּתָ֥ה · it will destroy
    A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.
  4. Amos 7:2כִּלָּה֙ · the locusts had
    And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
  5. Zechariah 5:4וְכִלַּ֖תּוּ · and destroy it
    I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
  6. Malachi 3:6כְלִיתֶֽם׃ · been destroyed
    “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.