Lexical Summary kele: confinement, restraint, imprisonment Original Word: כֶּלֶאTransliteration: kele Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-leh) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: confinement, restraint, imprisonment Meaning: confinement, restraint, imprisonment Strong's Concordance prison From kala'; a prison -- prison. Compare kil'ayim, kliy'. see HEBREW kala' see HEBREW kil'ayim see HEBREW kliy' Brown-Driver-Briggs H3608. kele כֶּ֫לֶא noun [masculine] confinement, restraint, imprisonment; — absolute ׳כ 1 Kings 22:27 6t.; suffix כִּלְאוֺ 2 Kings 25:29; Jeremiah 52:33; plural כְּלָאִים Isaiah 42:22; — confinement, in combination (ה)כ ׳בֵּית (compare Assyrian bit kili, prison, DlHWB 328) 1 Kings 22:27 2 Chronicles 18:26; 2 Kings 17:4; Jeremiah 37:15, 18; Isaiah 42:7; כְלָאִים בָּֽתֵּי 42:22 (compare בַּיִת 1 (ε) (2) p. 109 above; see also כלוא below); כִלְאוֺ בִּנְדֵי 2 Kings 25:29 = Jeremiah 52:33 garments of imprisonment = prison-garb. |
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