כִּלָּיוֹן

kilayon · failing, destruction

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3631 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

kilayon (כִּלָּיוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “failing, destruction”.

Failing: gradually losing one's strength; also destruction.

How to say it

ki·la·yon

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Eyes growing dim from longing.
  2. A complete end that leaves nothing.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • destruction ×1
  • failing ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Deuteronomy 28:65

    And among those nations you will find no repose, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; and YHWH will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

  • Isaiah 10:22

    For even if your people, Israel, were like the sand of the sea, a remnant of it will return; destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.