Strong’s H3618 · Hebrew

כַּלָּה
kallâh
kal-law'

Definition

a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife

Etymology

from H3634 (כָּלַל);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • bride
  • daughter-in-law
  • spouse

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.