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Strong's H3608

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כֶּלֶא (keleʼ) n-m (keh'-leh)
Source: from H3607;
Meaning: a prison
KJV: prison. Compare H3610, H3628.

Associated OET lemmas: כֶּלֶא

UBS dictionary entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: כֶּלֶא (H3608)

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

k.bi.ab

† כֶּ֫לֶא n.[m.] confinement, restraint, imprisonment;—abs. כ׳ 1 K 22:27 + 6 t.; sf. כִּלְאוֹ 2 K 25:29 Je 52:33; pl. כְלָאִים Is 42:22;—confinement, in combin. בֵּית (ה)כ׳ (cf. As. bit kili, prison, DI HWB 328) 1 K 22:27 = 2 Ch 18:26, 2 K 17:4 Je 37:15, 18 Is 42:7; בָּֽתֵּי כְלָאִים v 22 (cf. בָּיִת 1 (ε) (2) p. 109 supr.; v. also כלוא infr.); בִּגְדֵי כִלְאוֹ 2 K 25:29 = Je 52:33 garments of imprisonment = prison garb.

Recorded in 10 verses, in OET book order.

OET-LV: 27 And_you _will _say thus the_king he _says put DOM this_one the _house _of (the)_imprisonment and_feed_him bread oppression and_water oppression until come_I in_peace. (KI1 22:27)

OET-RV: 27 Tell them that the king orders them to imprison this man and limit his bread and water until I return safely.” (KI1 22:27)

Jump to OET KI1 22:27 section.

OET-LV: 4 And_ the _king _of ʼAshshūr _he _found in_Hōshēˊa treason that he _had _sent messengers to Şōʼ the _king _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_not he _had _brought _up tribute to_the _king _of ʼAshshūr as_a _year in_year and_he_arrested _him the _king _of ʼAshshūr and_he_confined _him a _house _of imprisonment. (KI2 17:4)

OET-RV: 4 But the Assyrian king discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt and had sent messengers to the Mitsri (Egyptian) King So and hadn’t kept up the annual tribute payment. So the Assyrian king arrested Hoshea and imprisoned him. (KI2 17:4)

Jump to OET KI2 17:4 section.

OET-LV: 27 And_he/it _was in_thirty and_seven year of_the _exile _of of _Yəhōyākīn/(Jehoiachin) the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) in_two _plus ten month on_day_twenty and_seven of_month Evil- Merodach the _king _of Bāⱱel he _lifted _up in_year he_became _king DOM the _head _of Yəhōyākīn the _king _of Yəhūdāh from_a _house _of imprisonment. (KI2 25:27)

OET-RV: 27 Thirty-seven years after Yehudah’s (Judah’s) King Yehoyakin had been exiled to Bavel (Babylon), Evil-Merodak had just become the new king of Bavel and he released Yehoyakin from prison on the 27th of the twelfth month. (KI2 25:27)

Jump to OET KI2 25:27 section.

OET-LV: 29 And_he _changed DOM the _clothes _of his_imprisonment_of_his and_he/it _will _eat bread continually before_him all _of the _days _of his/its_life. (KI2 25:29)

OET-RV: 29 He was allowed to change out of his prison clothes, and was permitted to eat at the king’s table for the rest of his life, (KI2 25:29)

Jump to OET KI2 25:29 section.

OET-LV: 26 And_you(pl)_will _say thus the_king he _says put this_one the _house _of (the)_imprisonment and_feed_him bread oppression and_water oppression until return_I in_peace. (CH2 18:26)

OET-RV: 26 Tell them that the king’s ordered that this man be put in prison, and be given only strictly-rationed bread and water until I return safely.” (CH2 18:26)

Jump to OET CH2 18:26 section.

OET-LV: 7 To_open eyes blind to_bring _out from_prison prisoner[s] from_a _house _of imprisonment those _who_dwell _of darkness. (ISA 42:7)

OET-RV: 7 to open the eyes of the blind—
⇔ to bring prisoners out of the dungeon—
⇔ ≈ to release those who live in dark prisons. (ISA 42:7)

Jump to OET ISA 42:7 section.

OET-LV: 22 And_he is_a _people despoiled and_plundered they _are _trapped in_holes of _them _of_all and_in_houses _of imprisonment(s) they _are _hidden they _have _become (into)_spoil and_there_is_not a _deliverer plunder and_there_is_not one _who_says bring_it_back. (ISA 42:22)

OET-RV: 22 But this is a people who’ve been robbed and plundered.
⇔ ≈ They’re all trapped in holes and hidden away in prisons.
⇔ They’ve become the spoil, and there’s no one to rescue them.
⇔ ≈ They’ve become plunder and no one speaks up to help them back. (ISA 42:22)

Jump to OET ISA 42:22 section.

OET-LV: 15 And_ the_officials _they _were _angry towards Yirmə^yāh and_they _struck DOM_him/it and_they _put him the _house _of (the)_fetter[s] the _house _of Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) the_scribe if/because DOM_him/it they _had _made into _(the)_house _of (the)_imprisonment. (JER 37:15)

OET-RV: 15 The officials were angry at Yirmiyah and they had him beaten and put in prison. (The place had been the house of the scribe Yonatan (Jonathan), but it had been converted into a prison.) (JER 37:15)

Jump to OET JER 37:15 section.

OET-LV: 18 And_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _said to the_king Tsidqiy^yāh what have _I _sinned to/for_yourself(m) and_to_servants _of_your and_to_people the_this that/for/because/then/when you(pl)_have _put me into the _house _of (the)_imprisonment. (JER 37:18)

OET-RV: 18 Then Yirmiyah asked the king, “What crime have I committed against you or your servants or your people, that you’ve had me put in prison? (JER 37:18)

Jump to OET JER 37:18 section.

OET-LV: 33 And_he _changed DOM the _clothes _of his_imprisonment_of_his and_he/it _will _eat bread before_him continually all _of the _days _of his _life _of_his. (JER 52:33)

OET-RV: 33 Evil -Merodak supplied new clothes for Yehoyakin to wear, and he ate regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. (JER 52:33)

Jump to OET JER 52:33 section.

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