Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
betrothal
Usage: betrothals, espousals
Kelulah means “espousal” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3623 — oikonomos (“chamberlain”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3623 כְּלוּלָה (kluwlah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kluwlah (kel-oo-law') n-f. 1. bridehood (only in the plural) [denominative passive participle from H3618] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include espousals. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
kluwlah (kel-oo-law') n-f. 1. bridehood (only in the plural) [denominative passive participle from H3618] KJV: espousal. Root(s): H3618
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3623. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
betrothal
Usage: betrothals, espousals
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kluwlah, 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.
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.
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.
1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H3623.
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3623, grouped by book.
Kelulah (Strong's H3623) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "espousal". kluwlah (kel-oo-law') n-f. 1. bridehood (only in the plural) [denominative passive participle from H3618]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H3623 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3623 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as espousals. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.