King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3618
Transliteration: kallah
Phonetic Spelling: (kal-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: daughter-in-law, bride
Meaning: daughter-in-law, bride
Word Summary
kallah: daughter-in-law, bride
Original Word: כַּלָהTransliteration: kallah
Phonetic Spelling: (kal-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: daughter-in-law, bride
Meaning: daughter-in-law, bride
Strong's Concordance
bride, daughter-in-law, spouse From kalal; a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife -- bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
see HEBREW kalal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3618. kallah
כַּלָּה noun feminine daughter-in-law, bride; — absolute ׳כ Jeremiah 2:32 14t.; suffix כַּלָּתוֺ Genesis 11:31 5t.; כַּלָּתָהּ Ruth 1:22 2t., etc.; plural suffix כַּלֹּתֶיהָ 1:6, 8, כַּלּוֺתֶיהָ 1:7, כַּלּוֺתֵיהֶם Hosea 4:13-14, —
1 daughter-in-law, in reference to husband's father Genesis 38:11, 16, 24 (J), compare 1 Chronicles 2:4; 1 Samuel 4:19; Ezekiel 22:11; Micah 7:6; Genesis 11:31 (P), Leviticus 18:15; 20:12 (both H); husband's mother Ruth 1:6-7, 8, 22; 2:20, 22; 4:15.
2 bride, usually
a. just before marriage Isaiah 49:18; 61:10; 62:5; Jeremiah 2:32 (all in simile, etc.), "" חָתָן 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Joel 2:16; Song of Solomon 4:8-9, 10, 11, 12; 5:1.
b. also just after marriage = young wife Hosea 4:13-14, read הַכַּלָּה likewise 2 Samuel 17:3 (for הַכֹּל ᵑ0), ᵐ5 We Dr Klo Kit Bu.