כֶּלַח
kelach · H3624 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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strength, vigor
State in which humans are healthy and strong
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָבַדto perish, to destroy 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- שֵׂיבָה sêybâh · H7872 · grey hair, old age
- שֵׂיבָה denotes old age with focus on grey hair and the general condition of being elderly, while כֶּלַח specifically emphasizes the fullness or vigor of old age. Both can refer to advanced years but with different nuances.
- זִקְנָה ziqnâh · H2209 · old age
- זִקְנָה is the standard term for old age as a condition or state, whereas כֶּלַח appears to emphasize the completeness or full measure of one's years. Both refer to advanced age but from different semantic angles.
Contrasting words 1 word
- נָעוּר nâʻûwr · H5271 · youth
- נְעוּרִים denotes youth or the early period of life, standing in direct lexical opposition to כֶּלַח which denotes full or advanced old age.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Strong002001001063
- This word describes vigor or ripe, full strength, as in Job 5:26's picture of coming to the grave "at a ripe age" in full vigor and Job 30:2's lament that such "vigor had perished," so it belongs among words for physical strength.
- Names of Locations003001010
- This entry carries no independent "Names of Locations" sense of its own; both of this lexeme's genuine tagged occurrences (Job 5:26, 30:2) describe a ripe or full old age, not a place name. The domain reflects a derivative place name built on this root rather than this lexeme's own attested content.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3624. kelach I. כֶּ֫לַח noun masculine possibly firm or rugged strength (see √ above),…
I. כֶּ֫לַח noun masculine possibly firm or rugged strength (see √ above), בְכ ׳תָּבוֺא אֱלֵיקָֿ֑בֶר Job 5:26 thou shalt come in firm strength (with thy body vigorous, powers unimpaired) unto the grave; כָּ֑לַךְ אָבַד עָלֵימוֺ Job 30:2 upon whom vigour has perished.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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