Occurrences
Kallâh occurs 34 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Leviticus (2), Ruth (7), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Song of Songs (6), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (5), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (2), Joel (1), Micah (1)
- Genesis 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter (כַּלָּת֔וֹ) 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 — Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter (כַּלָּת֜וֹ) 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 — 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 (כַלָּת֖וֹ) in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
- Genesis 38:24 — And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter (כַּלָּתֶ֔ךָ) 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 — Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter (כַּלָּֽתְךָ֖) in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
- Leviticus 20:12 — And if a man lie with his daughter (כַּלָּת֔וֹ) in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
- Ruth 1:6 — Then she arose with her daughters (וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ) 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 — Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters (כַלֹּתֶ֖יהָ) in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
- Ruth 1:8 — And Naomi said unto her two daughters (כַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ) 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 — So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter (כַלָּתָהּ֙) in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
- Ruth 2:20 — And Naomi said unto her daughter (לְכַלָּתָ֗הּ) 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 — And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter (כַּלָּתָ֑הּ) 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 — And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter (כַלָּתֵ֤ךְ) in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
- 1 Samuel 4:19 — And his daughter (וְכַלָּת֣וֹ) 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 — And Tamar his daughter in law (כַּלָּת֔וֹ) bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
- Song of Songs 4:8 — Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse (כַּלָּ֔ה), 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 Songs 4:9 — Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse (כַלָּ֑ה); thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
- Song of Songs 4:10 — How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse (כַלָּ֑ה)! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
- Song of Songs 4:11 — Thy lips, O my spouse (כַּלָּ֑ה), 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 Songs 4:12 — A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse (כַלָּ֑ה); a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
- Song of Songs 5:1 — I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse (כַלָּה֒): 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 — 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 (כַּכַּלָּֽה) doeth.
- 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 covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride (וְכַכַּלָּ֖ה) adorneth herself with her jewels.
- 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 (כַּלָּ֔ה), so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
- Jeremiah 2:32 — Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride (כַּלָּ֖ה) her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
- 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 voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride (כַּלָּ֑ה): for the land shall be desolate.
- 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 voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride (כַּלָּֽה).
- 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 (כַּלָּ֑ה), the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
- Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride (כַּלָּה֒), 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 — And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter (כַּלָּת֖וֹ) in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
- 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 is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses (וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם) shall commit adultery.
- Hosea 4:14 — I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses (כַּלּֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙) 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 — 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 (וְכַלָּ֖ה) out of her closet.
- Micah 7:6 — For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter (כַּלָּ֖ה) in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.