- Original: כּלא
- Transliteration: Kala'
- Phonetic: kaw-law'
- Definition:
1. to restrict, restrain, withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid
a. (Qal)
1. to shut up
2. to restrain
3. to withhold
b. (Niphal) to be restrained
c. (Piel) to finish
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 980
- Part(s) of speech: Verb par
- Strong's: (Chaldee); corresponding to
H3603 ; a talent: - talent.
- Strong's: A primitive root; to restrict by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit): - finish forbid keep (back) refrain restrain retain shut up be stayed withhold.
Total KJV Occurrences: 18
• back, 1
Isaiah 43:6
• finish, 1
Daniel 9:24
• forbid, 1
Numbers 11:28
• kept, 1
1 Samuel 25:33
• refrained, 2
Psalm 40:9;
Psalm 119:101
• restrained, 2
Genesis 8:2;
Exodus 36:6
• retain, 1
Ecclesiastes 8:8
• stayed, 3
Ezekiel 31:15;
Haggai 1:10(2)
• up, 4
1 Samuel 6:10;
Psalm 88:8;
Jeremiah 32:2;
Jeremiah 32:3
• withhold, 2
Genesis 23:6;
Psalm 40:11