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Strong's H3618 כַּלָּה (kallah)

Kallah means “bride” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3618 — oikodomeo (“edify”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3618
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 34
Books 12

Strong's H3618 Quick Answer

Strong's H3618 כַּלָּה (kallah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kallah (kal-law') n-f. 1. a bride (as if perfect) 2. (hence) a son's wife It has 34 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include bride, spouse, sons, wife, and son's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
kallah (kal-law') n-f. 1. a bride (as if perfect) 2. (hence) a son's wife
Usage
34 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
bride, spouse, sons, wife, and son's

Meaning and Definition

kallah (kal-law') n-f. 1. a bride (as if perfect) 2. (hence) a son's wife [from H3634] KJV: bride, daughter-in-law, spouse. Root(s): H3634

Original Word
כַּלָּה
Transliteration
kallah
Derivation
Root: כלל First root strongs: 3634
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3618. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

daughter-in-law: bride

Usage: : bride 1) bride, daughter-in-law 1a) daughter-in-law 1b) bride, young wife Also means: kal.lah (כַּלָּה ": daughter-in-law" H3618H)

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How Strong's H3618 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kallah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

bride Isaiah 49:18 spouse Song of Solomon 4:8 sons Ruth 4:15 wife 1 Samuel 4:19 son Micah 7:6 son's Leviticus 18:15

How Strong's H3618 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 34 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3618 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3618 in the Old Testament

34 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 11:31 KJV

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

Genesis 38:11 KJV

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

Genesis 38:16 KJV

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

Usage Excerpts

First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3618.

Genesis 11:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Genesis 38:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
Genesis 38:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
Genesis 38:24 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
Leviticus 18:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 20:12 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
Ruth 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
Ruth 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
Ruth 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
Ruth 1:22 Old Testament, KJV
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Ruth 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Ruth 2:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
Ruth 4:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
1 Samuel 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
1 Chronicles 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
Song of Solomon 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Song of Solomon 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Song of Solomon 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Song of Solomon 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Song of Solomon 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Isaiah 49:18 Old Testament, KJV
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
Isaiah 61:10 Old Testament, KJV
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 62:5 Old Testament, KJV
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Jeremiah 2:32 Old Testament, KJV
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Jeremiah 7:34 Old Testament, KJV
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Jeremiah 16:9 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Jeremiah 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Jeremiah 33:11 Old Testament, KJV
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
Hosea 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Hosea 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Joel 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Micah 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3618, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 6 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3618 FAQ

What does kallah (כַּלָּה) mean?

Kallah (Strong's H3618) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bride". kallah (kal-law') n-f. 1. a bride (as if perfect) 2. (hence) a son's wife

How many times is kallah (כַּלָּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's H3618 across 12 books.

Where can I study kallah (כַּלָּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3618 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate kallah (כַּלָּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bride, spouse, sons, wife, son's, and son. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.