Strong’s H3618 · Hebrew
כַּלָּה
kallâh
kal-law'
Definition
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
Etymology
from H3634 (כָּלַל);
Where the KJV renders it
- bride
- daughter-in-law
- spouse
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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