STRONGS NUMBER H3618


Word Summary
kallah: daughter-in-law, bride
Original Word: כַּלָה
Transliteration: 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

כַּלָּהnoun feminine daughter-in-law, bride; — absolute ׳כJeremiah 2:32 14t.; suffix כַּלָּתוֺGenesis 11:31 5t.; כַּלָּתָהּRuth 1:22 2t., etc.; plural suffix כַּלֹּתֶיהָ1:6, 8, כַּלּוֺתֶיהָ1:7, כַּלּוֺתֵיהֶםHosea 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.), "" חָתָן7:34; 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.