כָּלָה (kālâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be complete. It appears
205 times
in 29 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3615).
Also rendered
to end
finish
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 982)
Range of meaning (TWOT 982)be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent; be completed, fulfilled, be determined, plotted, used up, come to an end, waste away, be exhausted, fail, vanish, perish, be destroyed; bring to an end, make an end, end…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
כָּלָהverb: be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
Qal
1.
a.be complete, at an end, of a period of time
b.be completed, finished, of a work
c.be accomplished, fulfilled
d.be idealy complete, be determined, always in a bad sense, plotted
2.
a.be spent, used up (properly come to an end), of water
b.waste away, be exhausted, fail
c.come to an end, vanish = perish, be destroyed
Piel
1.
a.complete, bring to an end, finish, a thing, task, work
b.complete a period of time
c.finish doing a thing
d.make an end, end
e.accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass
f.accomplish in thought, determine
2.
a.put an end to, cause to cease
b.cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend
c.destroy, exterminate
Strong's H3615כָּלָה: to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume) KJV:accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, × fully, × have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
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.