כָּלָא
kālāʾ
shut up
Strong's H3607VerbHebrewTWOT 980

כָּלָא (kālāʾ) is a Hebrew verb meaning shut up. It appears 18 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3607).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 980)

Range of meaning (TWOT 980)shut up, restrain, withhold, hinder, protect; restrict, hold back, in, prohibit; finish, forbid, keep, refrain, retain, be stayed
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כָּלָא verb: shut up, restrain, withhold, hinder, protect

Strong's H3607 כָּלָא: to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
KJV:finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 8:2Exodus 36:6Numbers 11:28

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