Lexical Definition

‎כָּלָה‎ kâlâh (kaw-law') consumption ^H:N-F
from ‎כָּלָה‎

altogether, (be, utterly) consume(-d), consummation(-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.

• a completion
• adverb, completely
• also destruction

1) completion, termination, full end, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation
1a) completion
1a1) completely, altogether (adv)
1b) complete destruction, consumption, annihilation

See Greek: πᾶς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כָּלָה‎ noun feminine completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation; always this form; —

1. completion, but only as adverb, and dubious: completely, altogether Gen 18:21 (J; read ‎כֻּלָּם‎ Ol Kau Buhl), Exod 11:1 (si vera lectio)

2. complete destruction, consumption, annihilation:
a. almost always by God, especially ‎׳‎‎עָשָׂה כ‎ Isa 10:23 (+ ‎וְנֶחֱרָצָה‎), Nah 1:8 (2 accusative, si vera lectio; Buhl^{ZAW 1885, 181} proposes ‎בְּקָמָיו‎ for ‎מְקוֺמָהּ‎ see Id^{HWB 12} Kau^{AT, Text Krit. Erläut. p. 65}; see also ‎מָקוֺם‎ below ‎קום‎), vNah 1:9; Jer 4:27; Neh 9:31 (2 accusative); + ‎אֵת‎ person = with, pregnant sense, = in dealing with (compare II. ‎אֵת‎ 1 d), Zeph 1:18 (‎אַךְ נִבְהָלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎), Jer 5:18; Jer 30:11 = Jer 46:28 (‎אֹתְָךָ‎ = ‎אִתְּךָ‎), Ezek 11:13; Ezek 20:17 (‎אוֺתָם‎ = ‎אִתָּם‎); + ‎בְּכָלגּֿוֺיִם‎ Jer 30:11; Jer 46:28 without ‎וְנֶחֱרָצָה שָׁמַעְתִּי ׃עשׂה‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Isa 28:22, ‎׳‎‎וְנ‎ ‎׳‎‎עַדכֿ‎ Dan 9:27 (on both compare Isa 10:23; Zeph 1:18); ‎לְכָלָה‎ for annihilation Ezek 13:13 (si vera lectio, see Co), ‎׳‎‎וְלֹא לְהַשְׁחִית לְכ‎ 2Chr 12:12.
b. by men, ‎אַלֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְכ‎ ‎תַּעֲשׂוּ‎ Jer 5:10 ‎בְיָדוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְכ‎ Dan 11:16 and (i.e. with) annihilation in his hand.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References