כָּלִיל
kâlîyl · H3632 · Hebrew · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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perfect, perfectly, completely
State in which an object has been affected by an event in its entirety
ExamplesExodus 28:31 “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of violet.
Exodus 39:22 Then he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of violet;
Leviticus 6:22 “The anointed priest who will be in his place among his sons shall offer it. By a permanent ordinance it shall be entirely offered up in smoke to the LORD.
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wholly burned offering
An object that is wholly burned, as a gift or sacrifice to God
ExamplesLeviticus 6:23 “So every grain offering of the priest shall be burned entirely. It shall not be eaten.”
Deuteronomy 13:16 “Then you shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its public square, and burn the city and all its plunder with fire as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God; and it shall be a ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.
Deuteronomy 33:10 “They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob, And Your Law to Israel. They shall put incense before You, And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יֳפִיbeauty 1
- עִירcity, town 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- זֶבַחsacrifice 1
- מָשׂוֹשׂjoy 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָלָהto go up 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- אָמַרto say 1
Second object ofSecond object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אָמַרto say 1
- שָׂרַףto burn 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
- אֲנִיI 1
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
- שָׁלֵם shâlêm · H8003 · whole, complete, intact
- Both words express completeness or wholeness. The target term is specialized for the cultic sense of the whole burnt offering, while שָׁלֵם (shâlêm, H8003) has a broader range that includes moral and relational senses such as just, peaceable and quiet.
- תָּמִים tâmîym · H8549 · whole, complete, full
- Both words denote completeness, perfection or wholeness and can stand for each other where those senses are required. The target term is specialized for burnt-offering contexts, while תָּמִים (tâmîym, H8549) covers moral and physical wholeness more broadly.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ὅλος hólos · G3650 · whole, all, complete
- Greek ὅλος corresponds to Hebrew כָּלִיל in denoting totality/completeness, though כָּלִיל carries additional specialized cultic senses (whole burnt offering) that ὅλος lacks as a general completeness term.
- πᾶς pâs · G3956 · all, every, each
- Greek πᾶς renders the totality/completeness semantics of Hebrew כָּלִיל in contexts emphasizing wholeness or entirety, particularly in ritual/cultic descriptions where 'whole' burnt offerings or complete dedication is in view.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Complete002001003003
- This word's basic sense is "whole" or "entire," describing something in its totality or brought to perfection, so it belongs among words for completeness.
- Sacrifice002003002021
- The same word is the standing term for a whole burnt offering, the sacrifice consumed entirely by fire on the altar, so it also belongs among sacrificial terms.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3632. kalil כָּלִיל adjective and substantive entire, whole, holocaust, construct…
כָּלִיל adjective and substantive entire, whole, holocaust, construct כְּלִיל, feminine construction כְּלִילַת: —
1. adjective Eze 16:14 (of Jerusalem) the report הוּא כָּלִיל כִּי בְּיָפְיֵךְ, Eze 28:12 יָֹֽפִי׃ כְּלִיל (of the king of Tyre) entire, perfect in beauty; Eze 27:3 יָֹֽפִי׃ כְּלִילַת אֲנִי (of Tyre), Lam 2:15 (of Jerusalem) יֹ֔פִי כְּלִילַת שֶׁיּאֹמְרוּ הָעִיר הֲזֹאת.
2. substantive a. entirety, whole, Exo 28:31 thou shalt make the robe of the ephod תְּכֵלֶת כְּלִיל a whole of purple (i.e. wholly purple); so Exo 39:22; Num 4:6 תְּכֵלֶת כְּלִיל בֶּגֶד; Jdg 20:40 השׁמימה כְּלִילהָֿעִיר עלה והנה the whole of the city (perhaps with allusion to meaning
b); as adverb accusative, Isa 2:18 יַחֲלֹף כָּלִיל וְהָאֱלִילִים will pass away in entirety, wholly.
b. as a sacrificial term, entire- or whole-offering, holocaust, of a sacrifice consumed wholly on the altar (compare Phoenician כלל CISI. i, 165, 167; RSRel. Semitic 237), usually a descriptive synonym of עוֺלָה: Deu 33:10 מִזְכְֶּחן׃ עַל וְכָלִיל בְּאַמֶּ֔ךָ קְטוֺרָה יָשִׂימוּ, Psalm 51:21 וְכָלִיל עוֺלָה צדק זבחי תחפץ אז, in app. 1Sa 7:9 ליהוה כָּלִיל עוֺלָה ויעלה; of the priests' מִנְחָה, Lev 6:15 תָּקְטָֽר כָּלִיל ליהוה, Lev 6:16 תֵאָכֵל לֹא תִּהְיֶה כָּלִיל כֹּהֵן וְכָלמִֿנְחַת; fig, Deu 13:17 (of idolatrous city) לי ׳כָּלִיל אלהיך שׁללהּ ואתכֿל אתהֿעיר באשׁ ושׂרפת and thou shalt burn the city and all its spoil as a whole-offering to ׳י.
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
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