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Calah — the meaning of the Hebrew name כֶּלַח

כֶּלַח

Kelach · pronounced keh'-lakh · Strong's H3625 · a place

Calah means Kelach, a place in Assyria.

Built from

כֶּלַח kelach (the same as, H3624) — maturity open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H3624; Kelach, a place in Assyria.

First appearance

Gen 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, (KJV)

Every verse that names Calah

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Genesis

Gen 10:11Gen 10:12

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