Kalah כָּלָה

Kalah (Hebrew כָּלָה, Strong's H3617) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “consumption”. It occurs 21 times in 19 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Kalah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 18:21
  I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

Exodus

• Exodus 11:1
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 12:12
  And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 9:31
  Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 10:23
  For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
• Isaiah 28:22
  Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 4:27
  For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
• Jeremiah 5:10
  Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
• Jeremiah 5:18
  Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
• Jeremiah 30:11
  For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
• Jeremiah 46:28
  Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 11:13
  And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
• Ezekiel 13:13
  Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
• Ezekiel 20:17
  Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.

Daniel

• Daniel 9:27
  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
• Daniel 11:16
  But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

Nahum

• Nahum 1:8
  But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
• Nahum 1:9
  What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 1:18
  Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).