3607 - kala

Strong's Concordance

Original word: כָּלָא
Transliteration: kala
Definition (short): shut
Definition (full): to shut up, restrain, withhold

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to shut up, restrain, withhold
NASB Translation: hold them back (1), kept (1), refuse (1), restrain (3), restrained (3), shut (4), stopped (1), withheld (2), withhold (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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.
KJV: The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
NASB: Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
KJV: Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
NASB: "Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead."
KJV: And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
NASB: So Moses issued a command, and a proclamation was circulated throughout the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman any longer perform work for the contributions of the sanctuary." Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more.
KJV: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
NASB: Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, "Moses, my lord, restrain them."
KJV: And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
NASB: Then the men did so, and took two milch cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.