3607 – כָּלָא (kala)

to restrain

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	כָּלָא (kala)
Pronunciation:	ka-la    Listen
Gematria:	51(20 + 30 + 1)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	17 times in OT

Description

1) to restrict, restrain, withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to shut up
1a2) to restrain
1a3) to withhold
1b) (Niphal) to be restrained
1c) (Piel) to finish

Synonyms

כָּלָא	kala		H3607	(17 ggr)	to restrain
גָּרַע	gara		H1639	(22 ggr)	to dimish
חָשַׂךְ	chasach		H2820	(28 ggr)	to withhold
מָנַע	mana		H4513	(29 ggr)	to withhold
נוּא	no		H5106	(8 ggr)	to forbid

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with kala as root:

כֶּ֫לֶא	kele	H3608	prison
כִּלְאָב	Kilav	H3609	Chileab
מִכְלָה	michlah	H4356	fold

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word kala was translated to the following:

ἀνέχομαι	anechomai	G0430	suffer
κατακλείω	katakleio	G2623	shut up
κωλύω	koluo	G2967	forbid
παραδίδωμι	paradidomi	G3860	deliver
συνέχω	sunecho	G4912	be taken with
ὑποστέλλω	hupostello	G5288	keep back

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