Strong H3615H3615Gכָּלָה

to end: finish

One of the 4 senses of Strong H3615

Transliteration
kâlâh
Pronunciation
kaw-law'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: finish
1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be complete, be at an end
1a2) to be completed, be finished
1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled
1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense)
1a5) to be spent, be used up
1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail
1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish
1b2) to complete (a period of time)
1b3) to finish (doing a thing)
1b4) to make an end, end
1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass
1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought)
1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease
1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend
1b9) to destroy, exterminate
1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

General definition

A primitive root; to {end} whether intransitively (to {cease} be {finished} perish) or transitively (to {complete} {prepare } consume): - {accomplish} {cease} consume ({away}) {determine} destroy ({utterly}) be (when . . . were) {done} (be an) end ({of}) {expire} (cause to) {fail} {faint} {finish} {fulfil} X {fully} X {have} leave ({off}) {long} bring to {pass} wholly {reap} make clean {riddance} {spend} quite take {away} waste.

In the Bible

Strong H3615G appears in 101 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • end34
  • finish19
  • make11
  • pass7
  • do6
  • consume5
  • spend4
  • leave3
  • accomplish2
  • fail2
  • fulfil2
  • cease1

First verses

  1. Genesis 2:1
    Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
  2. Genesis 2:2
    And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
  3. Genesis 6:16
    A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
  4. Genesis 17:22
    And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
  5. Genesis 18:33
    And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
  6. Genesis 24:15
    And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
  7. Genesis 24:19
    And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
  8. Genesis 24:22
    And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
  9. Genesis 24:45
    And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
  10. Genesis 27:30
    And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
  11. Genesis 41:53
    And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
  12. Genesis 44:12
    And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
  13. Genesis 49:33
    And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
  14. Exodus 5:13
    And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
  15. Exodus 5:14
    And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
  16. Exodus 31:18
    And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
  17. Exodus 34:33
    And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
  18. Exodus 39:32
    Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
  19. Exodus 40:33
    And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
  20. Leviticus 16:20
    And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
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