H3631 H3631
annihilation, complete destruction, or failing (as of eyesight)
This term denotes comprehensive ending or consuming, whether of sight, strength, or entire populations. It appears in two distinct contexts: the physical failing of eyes worn out by anxiety and longing (Deuteronomy 28:65) and the complete annihilation decreed against nations (Isaiah 10:22). The root suggests consumption or completion, applied both to gradual wasting and sudden destruction. The word captures both the process and finality of ending, whether through exhausting decline or decisive judgment.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Complete failing or annihilation, applied to both gradual decline and decisive destruction. In Deuteronomy, it describes eyes that fail from anxious longing, one curse among many for covenant violation. In Isaiah, it refers to the determined destruction decreed against nations, emphasizing divine sovereignty in judgment. The word encompasses both the exhaustion that comes from prolonged suffering and the finality of decreed destruction. 2×
AR["فَنَاءٌ", "وَفَنَاءَ"]·ben["এবং-ক্ষয়", "ধ্বংস"]·DE["[כליון]", "und-failing-von"]·EN["and-failing-of", "destruction"]·FR["[כליון]", "et-failing-de"]·heb["ו-כיליון", "כיליון"]·HI["और-थकावट", "विनाश"]·ID["dan-kepedihan", "kebinasaan"]·IT["[כליון]", "e-failing-di"]·jav["karusakan", "lan-suda"]·KO["그리고-소모됨을", "멸망이"]·PT["Exterminação", "e-falha-de"]·RU["и-изнеможение", "уничтожение"]·ES["exterminio", "y-desfallecimiento-de"]·SW["maangamizi", "na-kuchoka"]·TR["tuketme", "ve-tükenişi"]·urd["اور-نظروں-کا-ٹرسنا", "فناہ"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כִּלָּיוֹן n.m. 1. failing, pining; 2. annihilation (on format. cf. LagBN 200);— 1. cstr. כִּלְיוֹן עֵינַיִם Dt 28:65 failing of eyes (in longing, cf. foregoing, and v. Dr). 2. כִּלָּיוֹן חָרוּץ Is 10:22 annihilation, strictly decided.