King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3608
Transliteration: kele
Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-leh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: confinement, restraint, imprisonment
Meaning: confinement, restraint, imprisonment
Word 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.