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כָּלָא H3607

H3607 is the Hebrew word כָּלָא, transliterated kâlâʼ and said kaw-law'. The King James Version most often renders it shut up.

Word: כָּלָאTransliteration: kâlâʼSaid: kaw-law'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 15 verses

What it means

to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

shut up 3×withhold 2×stayed 2×restrained 1×hast kept 1×lo i have not refrained 1×refrained 1×retain 1×keep not back 1×shut him up 1×finish 1×over you is stayed 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.

Verses using כָּלָא

All 15 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 23:6 · KJV

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Exodus 36:6 · KJV

And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

1 Samuel 6:10 · KJV

And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:

1 Samuel 25:33 · KJV

And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

Psalm 40:9 · KJV

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

Psalm 40:11 · KJV

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Psalm 88:8 · KJV

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Psalm 119:101 · KJV

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Ecclesiastes 8:8 · KJV

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Isaiah 43:6 · KJV

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

Jeremiah 32:2 · KJV

For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

Jeremiah 32:3 · KJV

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

Ezekiel 31:15 · KJV

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

Daniel 9:24 · KJV

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Haggai 1:10 · KJV

Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3607 mean?

H3607 is the Hebrew word כָּלָא (kâlâʼ), meaning to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit).

How is H3607 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it shut up (3 times), withhold (2 times), stayed (2 times), restrained (1 time), hast kept (1 time), among others.

How many times does H3607 appear in the Bible?

כָּלָא (kâlâʼ) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3607 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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