כְּלִיא
kĕlîʾ
prison
Strong's H3628NounHebrewTWOT 980b

כְּלִיא (kĕlîʾ) is a Hebrew noun meaning prison. It appears 4 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3628).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 980b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 980b)prison
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כלוא noun, masculine

Strong's H3628 כְּלִיא: a prison
KJV:prison.

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.

Root family 980: כָּלָא kālāʾ — shut up, restrain, withhold, hinder, protect; restrict, hold back, in, prohibit; finish, forbid, keep, refrain, retain, be stayed

See it in Scripture

Jeremiah 37:4

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