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כֶּלֶא H3608
H3608 is the Hebrew word כֶּלֶא, transliterated keleʼ and said keh'-leh. The King James Version most often renders it prison.
What it means
a prison.
Where it comes from
from H3607 (כָּלָא).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 8 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: prison. Compare H3610 (כִּלְאַיִם), H3628 (כְּלִיא).
Verses using כֶּלֶא
All 8 verses, quoted in full.
1 Kings 22:27 · KJV
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
2 Kings 17:4 · KJV
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
2 Kings 25:27 · KJV
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
2 Kings 25:29 · KJV
And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
2 Chronicles 18:26 · KJV
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
Isaiah 42:7 · KJV
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Isaiah 42:22 · KJV
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Jeremiah 52:33 · KJV
And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3608 mean?
H3608 is the Hebrew word כֶּלֶא (keleʼ), meaning a prison.
How is H3608 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it prison (4 times), fellow in the prison (2 times), out of prison (1 time), out of the prison (1 time).
How many times does H3608 appear in the Bible?
כֶּלֶא (keleʼ) is tagged in 8 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3608 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3607 (כָּלָא).
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