# כַּלָּה (kalah)

Israeli respelling: ka-lah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3618. 34 Old Testament occurrences.

a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife

King James renderings: bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/kalah-h3618

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 11:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/11/31) — 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 fo…
- [Genesis 38:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/11) — 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 peradven…
- [Genesis 38:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/16) — 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 la…
- [Genesis 38:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/24) — 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, b…
- [Leviticus 18:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/18/15) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/20/12) — 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 upo…
- [Ruth 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/6) — 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…
- [Ruth 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/7) — 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…
- [Ruth 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/8) — 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 t…
- [Ruth 1:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/22) — 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 Bethl…
- [Ruth 2:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/20) — 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 N…
- [Ruth 2:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/22) — 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 ot…
- [Ruth 4:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/15) — 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 be…
- [1 Samuel 4:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/4/19) — 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…
- [1 Chronicles 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/2/4) — And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
- [Song of Solomon 4:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/8) — 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’…
- [Song of Solomon 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/9) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/10) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/11) — 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 Leban…
- [Song of Solomon 4:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/12) — A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
- [Song of Solomon 5:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/1) — 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 dru…
- [Isaiah 49:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/18) — 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 s…
- [Isaiah 61:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/61/10) — 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 cover…
- [Isaiah 62:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/62/5) — 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 rejoic…
- [Jeremiah 2:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/32) — Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
- [Jeremiah 7:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/7/34) — 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…
- [Jeremiah 16:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/16/9) — 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 vo…
- [Jeremiah 25:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/10) — 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…
- [Jeremiah 33:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/33/11) — 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, Pra…
- [Ezekiel 22:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/22/11) — And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath…
- [Hosea 4:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/13) — They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof…
- [Hosea 4:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/14) — I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with w…
- [Joel 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/16) — Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom…
- [Micah 7:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/7/6) — 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 enem…