Kalah

kaw-law'
Parts of Speech Verb

Kalah Definition

  1. 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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
hlk
Origin
a primitive root
Strong's Number
03615
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 982,983,984

KJV Word Usage

consume
57
end
44
finish
20
fail
18
accomplish
12
done
9
spend
8
ended
7
determined
4
away
3
fulfil
3
fainteth
2
destroy
2
left
2
waste
2
miscellaneous
13
Total
206

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Kalah". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .