- Original: כּלא - Transliteration: Kala' - Phonetic: kaw-law' - Definition: 1. to restrict, restrain, withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid a. (Qal) 1. to shut up 2. to restrain 3. to withhold b. (Niphal) to be restrained c. (Piel) to finish - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 980 - Part(s) of speech: Verb par - Strong's: (Chaldee); corresponding to H3603 ; a talent: - talent. - Strong's: A primitive root; to restrict by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit): - finish forbid keep (back) refrain restrain retain shut up be stayed withhold. Total KJV Occurrences: 18 • back, 1 Isaiah 43:6 • finish, 1 Daniel 9:24 • forbid, 1 Numbers 11:28 • kept, 1 1 Samuel 25:33 • refrained, 2 Psalm 40:9; Psalm 119:101 • restrained, 2 Genesis 8:2; Exodus 36:6 • retain, 1 Ecclesiastes 8:8 • stayed, 3 Ezekiel 31:15; Haggai 1:10(2) • up, 4 1 Samuel 6:10; Psalm 88:8; Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 32:3 • withhold, 2 Genesis 23:6; Psalm 40:11