What does כָּלָה · συντέλεια mean in the Bible?
כָּלָה · συντέλεια is a Hebrew phrase meaning "complete destruction or total consumption".
Hebrew · H3617, G4930
כָּלָה
A completion ; adverb, completely ; also destruction · consummation
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כָּלָה H3617 a completion ; adverb, completely ; also destruction
Pronunciation kālāh
Completion that consumes utterly; the word carries both fulfillment and destructive finality in its semantic range.
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συντέλεια G4930 consummation
Pronunciation syntéleia
End of the age when God's plan reaches its appointed completion and fulfillment
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What does כָּלָה (kalah) mean in the Bible?
כָּלָה · συντέλεια is a Hebrew phrase meaning "complete destruction or total consumption".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3617, G4930?
H3617, G4930 is connected to 21 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. complete destruction or total consumption
Strong's H3617, G4930
Lexical occurrences 21 verses Source Gloss
complete destruction or total consumption
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כָּלָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain