Lexical Definition

‎כֶּלֶא‎ keleʼ (keh'-leh) prison ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּלָא‎

prison. Compare ‎כִּלְאַיִם‎, ‎כְּלִיא‎.

• a prison

1) imprisonment, confinement, restraint

See Greek: φυλακή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: בַּיִת

‎כֶּ֫לֶא‎ noun [masculine] confinement, restraint, imprisonment; — absolute ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 1Kgs 22:27 + 6 t.; suffix ‎כִּלְאוֺ‎ 2Kgs 25:29; Jer 52:33 plural ‎כְּלָאִים‎ Isa 42:22 — confinement, in combination ‎׳‎‎בֵּית (ה)כ‎ (compare Assyrian bit kili, prison, Dl^{HWB 328}) 1Kgs 22:27 = 2Chr 18:26; 2Kgs 17:4; Jer 37:15; Jer 37:18; Isa 42:7 ‎בָּֽתֵּי כְלָאִים‎ vIsa 42:22 (compare ‎בַּיִת‎ 1 (ε) (2) p. 109 above; see also ‎כלוא‎ below); ‎בִּנְדֵי כִלְאוֺ‎ 2Kgs 25:29 = Jer 52:33 garments of imprisonment = prison-garb.

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