Kᵉlîyʼ — H3628

Definition

masculine noun

a prison

1. imprisonment

Usually translated as

prison

Origin

or kᵉlûwʼ; from H3627 (compare H3608)

• Kᵉlîy (H3627)
• Keleʼ (H3608)

Occurrences

Kᵉlîyʼ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (2)

• Jeremiah 37:4 — Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison (הַכְּלֽוּא).
• Jeremiah 52:31 — And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison (הַכְּלֽוּא),