ka.lah H3615

כָּלָה (ka.lah) means “to end: finish” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

כָּלָה Hebrew · H3615 208 tagged occurrences in 202 verses

Pronunciation guide: kaw-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3615G

כָּלָה · ka.lah · to end: finish

: 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

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TBESH · H3615H

כָּלָה · ka.lah · to end: destroy

: destroy 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

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TBESH · H3615I

כָּלָה · ka.lah · to end: decides

: 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

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TBESH · H3615J

כָּלָה · ka.lah · to end: expend

: expend/spend/empty/fail 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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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

KJV glosses: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.

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How translators render H3615

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
had finished	20
fail	6
finished	4
and vent	3
they are finished off	3
will fail	3
consume	2
fails	2
faints	2
have finished	2
intentions	2
so that i may consume	2
they were consumed	2
to fail	2
to fulfill	2
was completed	2
was finished	2
were completed	2
when he had finished	2
when you have finished	2
will perish	2
after she	1
all the way	1
am perishing	1
and after i have vented	1
and as he finished	1
and consume	1
and consume them	1
and consumed	1
and consumed them	1
and destroy it	1
and ending	1
and finished	1
and finished him off	1
and finished it	1
and put an end to them	1
and they finished	1
and to end	1
and when i have spent	1
and when saul had finished	1
and when they had finished off	1
and wipe them	1
and you will be destroyed	1
are spent	1
as soon as moses had finished	1
at the end	1
be exhausted	1
been destroyed	1
came to an end	1
consume them	1
consumed us	1
continued	1
david had finished	1
destroyed	1
destroys	1
ehud had finished	1
exhausted	1
finish	1
finish its walls	1
finishing	1
fulfill	1
fulfilled	1
had been accomplished	1
had ended	1
has ceased	1
has destroyed	1
has ended	1
has exhausted	1
has finally been	1
he had finished	1
he has exterminated	1
he has finished	1
he has resolved	1
i devoured	1
i finish them off	1
i have finished them off	1
i have spent	1
i might destroy	1
i will spend	1
i would destroy you	1
is bent on	1
is completed	1
is consumed	1
is finished	1
is gone	1
is spent	1
it was finished	1
it was full	1
it will completely destroy	1
it will destroy	1
jacobs sons had eaten all	1
just as he finished	1
longed	1
looms	1
may fail	1
now when the man had finished	1
or be consumed	1
so as to destroy them	1
so he ended	1
so i will vent	1
so that you may put an end	1
so they finished	1
that will destroy	1
the locusts had	1
then they end	1
therefore i have consumed	1
they are consumed	1
they come to an end	1
they had dealt	1
they had utterly destroyed them all	1
they have finished gathering	1
they have had enough	1
they strip	1
they will be finished off	1
they will fade away	1
they will vanish	1
thus conclude	1
to complete	1
to destroy them	1
to eliminate them	1
to end	1
to reap	1
to stop	1
vanish	1
vanishes	1
was determined	1
was gone	1
was planning	1
wastes away	1
we are consumed	1
we finish	1
were failing	1
were finished	1
were finishing	1
when aaron has finished	1
when samson had finished	1
when the lord had finished	1
when they had finished	1
when they were finished	1
when you finish	1
when you have completed	1
will be completed	1
will be destroyed	1
will be gone	1
will devastate	1
will disappear	1
will finish them off	1
will subside	1
will they complete it	1
wipe us out	1
wiped me	1
yearns	1
you finished them off	1
you had put an end to it	1
you have finished	1
you have finished laying aside	1
you have put an end to them	1
you have wiped them out	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
had made an end	12
finished	5
shall fail	5
consumed	4
fail	4
faileth	4
and consume	3
and finished	3
and shall consume	3
when thou hast made an end	3
and it came to pass as soon as he had made an end	2
and it came to pass when he had made an end	2
and when he had made an end	2
and when they had made an end	2
are consumed	2
be accomplished	2
consume	2
had done	2
have made an end	2
is consumed	2
is determined	2
that i may consume	2
them till i have consumed	2
thus will i accomplish	2
to consume	2
upon them to accomplish	2
when they had made an end	2
against them and that i may consume	1
against them until they be consumed	1
also until they have done	1
and are spent	1
and before i had done	1
and he finished	1
and he left off	1
and i have consumed	1
and it came to pass as he had made an end	1
and it came to pass before he had done	1
and it came to pass that as soon as he had made an end	1
and it came to pass when they had eaten up	1
and it shall be when thou hast made an end	1
and left	1
and they all shall fail	1
and they made an end	1
and they shall be consumed	1
and thou shalt quite take away	1
and to consume	1
and until it was finished	1
and when he hath made an end	1
and when he shall have accomplished	1
and when she had done	1
and when they had finished	1
and when thou hast accomplished	1
and ye shall be consumed	1
are ended	1
are expired	1
are not consumed	1
are they consumed	1
as they had made an end	1
as yet failed	1
be consumed	1
but he finished	1
ceaseth	1
determined	1
did fail	1
did he consume	1
do fail	1
ended	1
fainteth	1
for we are consumed	1
from me i am consumed	1
fulfil	1
had finished	1
had fully	1
hath accomplished	1
he bringeth	1
he destroyeth	1
he had left	1
he have finished	1
him and consumed	1
i have spent	1
i will also make an end	1
is consumed away	1
is done	1
is ended	1
is spent	1
lest i consume	1
longed	1
made	1
made an end	1
might be accomplished	1
might be fulfilled	1
not consume	1
now when all this was finished	1
now when he had made an end	1
now when these things were done	1
pluck	1
shall be consumed	1
shall be finished	1
shall cease	1
shall consume	1
shall not waste	1
shall they be consumed	1
shall they consume away	1
shalt thou finish	1
should be consumed	1
so they made an end	1
that consumed	1
that shall consume	1
thee until thou hast finished	1
them but i will consume	1
them that i consumed	1
them to destroy them utterly	1
they made an end	1
they shall consume	1
they shall spend	1
they spend	1
thou hast consumed	1
thou shalt not make clean riddance	1
thou shalt not wholly reap	1
till they were consumed	1
till thou hadst consumed	1
till thou hast ended	1
till thou have consumed	1
to fail	1
to pass	1
until he had made an end	1
until he shall have done	1
until i had consumed	1
until there be an end	1
until they be consumed	1
until they had made an end	1
until they had utterly destroyed	1
until they have ended	1
until thou have consumed	1
unto the end	1
unto thee until he have consumed	1
upon thee and accomplish	1
upon them i have consumed	1
upon them i will spend	1
was ended	1
was finished	1
was spent	1
wasted	1
we spend	1
were determined	1
were ended	1
were finished	1
when he had made an end	1
when i have accomplished	1
wherefore have ye not fulfilled	1
wherefore i have consumed	1
will they make an end	1
with us till thou hadst consumed	1
yea even fainteth	1

Verses containing H3615

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2 Chronicles 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 29:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.
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2 Chronicles 29:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The whole assembly was worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. All this continued until the burnt offering was completed.
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2 Chronicles 29:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.
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2 Chronicles 29:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.
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2 Chronicles 31:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
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2 Chronicles 31:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.
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2 Chronicles 36:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
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Ezra 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
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Ezra 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
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Ezra 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?
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Ezra 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
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Nehemiah 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
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Source alternate reference: 3.34
Esther 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
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Job 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
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Job 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
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Job 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
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Job 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
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Job 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
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Job 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
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Job 19:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
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Job 21:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
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Job 31:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
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Job 33:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
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Job 36:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
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Psalms 18:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
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Source alternate reference: 18.38
Psalms 31:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
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Source alternate reference: 31.11
Psalms 37:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
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Psalms 39:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
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Source alternate reference: 39.11
Psalms 59:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
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Source alternate reference: 59.14
Psalms 69:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
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Source alternate reference: 69.4
Psalms 71:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
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Psalms 71:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
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Psalms 72:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
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Psalms 73:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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Psalms 74:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
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Psalms 78:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
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Psalms 84:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
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Source alternate reference: 84.3
Psalms 90:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
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Psalms 90:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
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Psalms 102:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
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Source alternate reference: 102.4
Psalms 119:81 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
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Psalms 119:82 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
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Psalms 119:87 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
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Psalms 119:123 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
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Psalms 143:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
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Proverbs 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
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Proverbs 16:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
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Proverbs 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
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Isaiah 1:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
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