Strong H3615H3615Iכָּלָה

to end: decides

One of the 4 senses of Strong H3615

Transliteration
kâlâh
Pronunciation
kaw-law'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: decides/determines/longs
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 H3615I appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • determine4
  • fail2
  • fainteth1
  • long1

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 20:7
    If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
  2. 1 Samuel 20:9
    And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
  3. 1 Samuel 25:17
    Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
  4. 2 Samuel 13:39
    And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
  5. Esther 7:7
    And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
  6. Psalms 119:81
    My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
  7. Psalms 119:82
    Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
  8. Psalms 119:123
    Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
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