Word Study · Strong's H3618 · Hebrew
כַּלָּה
kallah
kal-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kallâh
“a bride (as if perfect)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
Rendered in the KJV as
bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
- 34occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 34 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- כַלָּ֑ה3
- כַּלָּ֑ה3
- כַּלָּת֔וֹ3
- כַּלָּ֔ה2
- כַּלָּ֖ה2
- וְכַכַּלָּ֖ה1
- וְכַלָּ֖ה1
- וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם1
- וְכַלָּת֣וֹ1
- וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ1
- כַּכַּלָּֽה׃1
- כַלָּה֒1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 17
- a bride6
- daughter-in-law his5
- bride4
- daughter-in-law your3
- daughter-in-law her2
- daughters-in-law her2
- O bride2
- [was] daughter-in-law his1
- a daughter-in-law1
- and [the] bride1
- and brides your1
- and daughter-in-law his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- noun · feminine singular13
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 13
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 6
- HNcfpc/Sp3fs · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 2
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 1
All 34, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ruth7 of 34 · 21%
- Song of Solomon6 of 34 · 18%
- Jeremiah5 of 34 · 15%
- Genesis4 of 34 · 12%
- Isaiah3 of 34 · 9%
Ruth carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 11:31כַּלָּת֔וֹkalatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.here: daughter-in-law his
- Genesis 38:11כַּלָּת֜וֹkalatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.here: daughter-in-law his
- Genesis 38:16כַלָּת֖וֹkhalatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNot realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.here: [was] daughter-in-law his
- Genesis 38:24כַּלָּתֶ֔ךָkalatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAbout three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”here: daughter-in-law your
Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 18:15כַּלָּֽתְךָ֖kalatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYou must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.here: daughter-in-law your
- Leviticus 20:12כַּלָּת֔וֹkalatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIf a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.here: daughter-in-law his
Ruth7 occurrences
- Ruth 1:6וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָvekhaloteihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWhen Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.here: and daughters-in-law her
- Ruth 1:7כַלֹּתֶ֖יהָkhaloteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAccompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.here: daughters-in-law her
- Ruth 1:8כַלֹּתֶ֔יהָkhaloteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.here: daughters-in-law her
- Ruth 1:22כַלָּתָהּ֙khalatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularSo Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.here: daughter-in-law her
- Ruth 2:20לְכַלָּתָ֗הּlekhalatahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”here: to daughter-in-law her
- Ruth 2:22כַּלָּתָ֑הּkalatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”here: daughter-in-law her
- Ruth 4:15כַלָּתֵ֤ךְkhalatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularHe will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”here: daughter-in-law your
Song of Solomon6 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 4:8כַּלָּ֔הkalahnoun · feminine singularCome with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.here: O bride
- Song of Solomon 4:9כַלָּ֑הkhalahnoun · feminine singularYou have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.here: bride
- Song of Solomon 4:10כַלָּ֑הkhalahnoun · feminine singularHow delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.here: bride
- Song of Solomon 4:11כַּלָּ֑הkalahnoun · feminine singularYour lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.here: O bride
- Song of Solomon 4:12כַלָּ֑הkhalahnoun · feminine singularMy sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.here: bride
- Song of Solomon 5:1כַלָּה֒khalahnoun · feminine singularI have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.here: bride
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 49:18כַּכַּלָּֽה׃kakalahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularLift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.here: like the bride
- Isaiah 61:10וְכַכַּלָּ֖הvekhakkalahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularI will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.here: and like the bride
- Isaiah 62:5כַּלָּ֔הkalahnoun · feminine singularFor as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.here: a bride
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 2:32כַּלָּ֖הkalahnoun · feminine singularDoes a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.here: a bride
- Jeremiah 7:34כַּלָּ֑הkalahnoun · feminine singularI will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”here: a bride
- Jeremiah 16:9כַּלָּֽה׃kalahnoun · feminine singularFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.here: a bride
- Jeremiah 25:10כַּלָּ֑הkalahnoun · feminine singularMoreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.here: a bride
- Jeremiah 33:11כַּלָּה֒kalahnoun · feminine singularthe sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.here: a bride
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 4:13וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶ֖םvekhaloteikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralThey sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.here: and brides your
- Hosea 4:14כַּלּֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙kaloteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralI will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.here: brides your