כֹּל (H3606) — Hebrew Lexicon

כֹּל

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kôl

H3606 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

The entirety or whole of a thing, or the totality of a set; also denotes any, each, every, or all, depending on syntactic context. When attached to a noun or in construct with possessive pronouns, it denotes 'all of,' 'the entirety of,' or 'every part of.' In distributive contexts, may mean 'each' or 'every.' Sometimes used adverbially with the force of 'completely' or 'altogether.'

Semantic Range

all, the whole, entire, every, each, any, totality, altogether, completely

Root / Etymology

From the root כּ־ל (כל), which conveys the idea of completion or totality. The specific word כֹּל is the regular masculine nominal form constructed from this root, meaning 'whole' or 'entirety.' In Aramaic, the form and usage parallel the Hebrew.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In Aramaic Biblical texts (such as Ezra and Daniel), כֹּל functions analogously to its Hebrew counterpart but shows some extension in idiomatic usage, particularly in official or legal language. It denotes both an absolute totality (the whole, all) and a distributive sense (every, each), and can sometimes extend into indefinite senses ('any'). In construct or with pronominal suffixes, it expresses collective possession or entirety. Context determines whether it should be rendered 'all,' 'any,' 'every,' or 'whole.' This semantic flexibility is sometimes not fully captured in standard English translations, which may reduce its nuance. The distinction between כֹּל and related Hebrew terms such as כלה (kalâ, 'to finish, complete') or כלל (kalal, 'to perfect, to include') is that כֹּל most often refers to the collective or total state itself, not the process of finishing or the abstract concept of inclusion/totality. In post-exilic and Second Temple texts, especially those written in Imperial Aramaic, כֹּל is a dominant term in administrative and legal documents, contributing to set phrases and formulaic expressions for inclusivity ('all people,' 'every law'). The English term 'all' or 'every' frequently serves as the translation, but context sometimes requires 'entirety,' 'whole,' or even 'any' for faithful rendering. There is no evidence of a specifically religious meaning in biblical usage; its function is purely quantitative or distributive.

Translation Consistency

primary "all" 92 occurrences

'All' is the most natural, frequent, and flexible English equivalent for כֹּל, covering its primary senses as a determiner/pronoun/adverb (all, the whole, every, altogether). It matches the majority of attested renderings and can naturally express distributive and totality meanings across contexts.

Alternatives (11 occurrences):

"any" (6x) "because of" (1x) "forasmuch as" (1x) "just as" (1x) "account of" (1x) "whoever" (1x)

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

(Aramaic) corresponding to כֹּל; {properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}; all, any, + (forasmuch) as, + be-(for this) cause, every, + no (manner, -ne), + there (where) -fore, + though, what (where, who) -soever, (the) whole.

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Root Family

כלל (k-l-l) — to complete, encompass, include, make whole

Root כל to be complete, to be whole

Strong's	Lemma	SIBI-P1
H3557	כּוּל	and whole-of
H3605	כֹּל	in the entirety
H3618	כַּלָּה	newly-completed bride
H3626	כׇּל־חֹזֶה	entirety of
H3632	כָּלִיל	complete
H3634	כָּלַל	they completed
H3635	כְּלַל	to cause to complete
H3636	כְּלָל	and Completeness
H4358	מִכְלוֹל	perfected adornment
H4359	מִכְלָל	perfection-of
H4360	מִכְלֻל	in perfected garments

Word Forms

14 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2	Occurrences
`H3606-04`	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of	46
`H3606-05`	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	any	whole of	all of	12
`H3606-13`	וְ/כָל	vekhal	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and the whole of	and all of	9
`H3606-14`	וְ/כֹ֖ל	vekhol	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and whole-of	and all of	9
`H3606-09`	לְ/כָל	lekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	to all	to the entirety of	to all of	7
`H3606-01`	בְּ/כָל	bekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	in all	in the entirety of	in all	5
`H3606-07`	כֹּ֖ל	kol	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of	3
`H3606-10`	לְ/כֹ֖ל	lekhol	`ATo/Ncmsc`	to-all	to the whole of	to all	3
`H3606-03`	בְּ/כֹ֖ל	bekhol	`AR/Ncmsc`	in all	in totality	in all	2
`H3606-11`	לְ/כֹ֖לָּ/א	lekhola	`AR/Ncmsd/Td`	for-all	for the entirety	for all	2
`H3606-08`	כֹּ֔לָּ/א	kola	`ANcmsd/Td`	all	the whole	the all	2
`H3606-12`	וּ/בְ/כָל	uvekhal	`AC/R/Ncmsa`	and in all	and in the entirety of	and in all	1
`H3606-02`	בְּ/כָלְּ/ה֑וֹן	bekhalehon	`AR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp`	over all of them	in their totality	over all of them	1
`H3606-06`	כֹֽלָּ/א	khola	`ANcmsd/Td`	all	the whole	all	1

Occurrences in Scripture

103 occurrences

Filter by SIDANCE:

SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:8	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:10	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:10	כָּל	kal-2	`ANcmsc`	every	whole of	all of
`H3606-09`	Daniel 2:10	לְ/כָל	lekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	of any	to the entirety of	of any
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:12	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	for	whole of	all of
`H3606-10`	Daniel 2:12	לְ/כֹ֖ל	lekhol	`ATo/Ncmsc`	all	to the whole of	to all
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:24	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	Therefore	whole of	because of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:30	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-13`	Daniel 2:35	וְ/כָל	vekhal	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and the whole of	and all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:35	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-12`	Daniel 2:38	וּ/בְ/כָל	uvekhal	`AC/R/Ncmsa`	and in all	and in the entirety of	and in all
`H3606-02`	Daniel 2:38	בְּ/כָלְּ/ה֑וֹן	bekhalehon	`AR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp`	over all of them	in their totality	over all of them
`H3606-01`	Daniel 2:39	בְּ/כָל	bekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	over all	in the entirety of	in all
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:40	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-08`	Daniel 2:40	כֹּ֔לָּ/א	kola	`ANcmsd/Td`	all	the whole	the all
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:40	כָּל	kal-2	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:41	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	as	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:44	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:45	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	forasmuch as	whole of	forasmuch as
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:48	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 2:48	כָּל	kal-2	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-14`	Daniel 3:2	וְ/כֹ֖ל	vekhol	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and whole-of	and all of
`H3606-14`	Daniel 3:3	וְ/כֹל֙	vekhol	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and whole-of	and all of
`H3606-14`	Daniel 3:5	וְ/כֹ֖ל	vekhol	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and whole-of	and all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 3:7	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 3:7	כָּֽל	kal-2	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-14`	Daniel 3:7	וְ/כֹ֖ל	vekhol	`AC/Ncmsc`	and-all	and whole-of	and all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 3:7	כָּֽל	kal-3	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 3:8	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-05`	Daniel 3:10	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	every	whole of	all of
`H3606-14`	Daniel 3:10	וְ/כֹ֖ל	vekhol	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and whole-of	and all of
`H3606-14`	Daniel 3:15	וְ/כֹ֣ל	vekhol	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and whole-of	and all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 3:22	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	because	whole of	all of
`H3606-09`	Daniel 3:28	לְ/כָל	lekhal	`ATo/Ncmsc`	any	to the entirety of	to any
`H3606-05`	Daniel 3:29	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	every	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 3:29	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-09`	Daniel 3:31	לְֽ/כָל	lekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	to all	to the entirety of	to all of
`H3606-01`	Daniel 3:31	בְּ/כָל	bekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	in all	in the entirety of	in all
`H3606-10`	Daniel 4:3	לְ/כֹ֖ל	lekhol	`ATo/Ncmsc`	to-all	to the whole of	to all
`H3606-13`	Daniel 4:6	וְ/כָל	vekhal	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and the whole of	and all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 4:8	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-11`	Daniel 4:9	לְ/כֹ֖לָּ/א	lekhola	`AR/Ncmsd/Td`	for-all	for the entirety	for all
`H3606-04`	Daniel 4:9	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 4:15	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 4:15	כָּל	kal-2	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-09`	Daniel 4:17	לְ/כָל	lekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	to all	to the entirety of	to all of
`H3606-11`	Daniel 4:18	לְ/כֹ֖לָּ/א	lekhola	`AR/Ncmsd/Td`	for-all	for the entirety	for all
`H3606-08`	Daniel 4:25	כֹּ֣לָּ/א	kola	`ANcmsd/Td`	all [that] comes	the whole	the all
`H3606-13`	Daniel 4:32	וְ/כָל	vekhal	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and the whole of	and all of
`H3606-05`	Daniel 4:34	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-05`	Daniel 5:7	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	any	whole of	all of
`H3606-07`	Daniel 5:8	כֹּ֖ל	kol	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 5:12	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-07`	Daniel 5:19	כֹּ֣ל	kol	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 5:22	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-05`	Daniel 5:22	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-13`	Daniel 5:23	וְ/כָל	vekhal	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and the whole of	and all of
`H3606-01`	Daniel 6:2	בְּ/כָל	bekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	in all	in the entirety of	in all
`H3606-04`	Daniel 6:4	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 6:4	כָּל	kal-2	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-13`	Daniel 6:5	וְ/כָל	vekhal	`AC/Ncmsc`	and any	and the whole of	and all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 6:5	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	any	whole of	any
`H3606-13`	Daniel 6:5	וְ/כָל	vekhal-2	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and the whole of	and all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 6:6	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	any	whole of	any
`H3606-07`	Daniel 6:8	כֹּ֣ל	kol	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-05`	Daniel 6:8	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	any	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 6:8	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	any	whole of	any
`H3606-04`	Daniel 6:10	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	when	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 6:11	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	as	whole of	just as
`H3606-05`	Daniel 6:13	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	every	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 6:13	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	any	whole of	any
`H3606-05`	Daniel 6:16	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	every	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 6:23	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	because	whole of	on account of
`H3606-13`	Daniel 6:24	וְ/כָל	vekhal	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and the whole of	and all of
`H3606-13`	Daniel 6:25	וְ/כָל	vekhal	`AC/Ncmsc`	even	and the whole of	and all of
`H3606-09`	Daniel 6:26	לְֽ/כָל	lekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	to-all	to the entirety of	to all of
`H3606-01`	Daniel 6:26	בְּ/כָל	bekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	in-all	in the entirety of	in all
`H3606-01`	Daniel 6:27	בְּ/כָל	bekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	in-all	in the entirety of	in all
`H3606-04`	Daniel 7:7	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-14`	Daniel 7:14	וְ/כֹ֣ל	vekhol	`AC/Ncmsc`	that all	and whole-of	and all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 7:16	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 7:23	כָּל	kal	`AVqi3fs`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 7:23	כָּל	kal-2	`ANcmsc`	the whole	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Daniel 7:27	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-14`	Daniel 7:27	וְ/כֹל֙	vekhol	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and whole-of	and all of
`H3606-04`	Ezra 4:14	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	because	whole of	all of
`H3606-03`	Ezra 4:20	בְּ/כֹ֖ל	bekhol	`AR/Ncmsc`	in all	in totality	in all
`H3606-06`	Ezra 5:7	כֹֽלָּ/א	khola	`ANcmsd/Td`	all	the whole	all
`H3606-05`	Ezra 6:11	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	any	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Ezra 6:12	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Ezra 6:17	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-05`	Ezra 7:13	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Ezra 7:14	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	according to all that	whole of	all of
`H3606-14`	Ezra 7:16	וְ/כֹל֙	vekhol	`AC/Ncmsc`	and all	and whole-of	and all of
`H3606-03`	Ezra 7:16	בְּ/כֹ֖ל	bekhol	`AR/Ncmsc`	in all	in totality	in all
`H3606-04`	Ezra 7:17	כָּ/ל	kal	`AC/C`	therefore	whole of	all of
`H3606-10`	Ezra 7:21	לְ/כֹל֙	lekhol	`AR/Ncmsc`	to-all	to the whole of	to all
`H3606-05`	Ezra 7:21	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	all	whole of	all of
`H3606-04`	Ezra 7:23	כָּל	kal	`ANcmsa`	whatever	whole of	all of
`H3606-05`	Ezra 7:24	כָל	khal	`ANcmsc`	any	whole of	all of
`H3606-09`	Ezra 7:25	לְ/כָל	lekhal	`AR/Ncmsc`	for all	to the entirety of	to all of
`H3606-09`	Ezra 7:25	לְ/כָל	lekhal-2	`AR/Ncmsc`	all	to the entirety of	to all of
`H3606-13`	Ezra 7:26	וְ/כָל	vekhal	`AC/Ncmsa`	And whoever	and the whole of	And whoever

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