Bible Names

Calah: meaning of the name

Calah means “favorable; opportunity.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Calah in Hebrew and Greek

כֶּלַח H3625

Kelach (keh'-lakh) — Kelach, a place in Assyria

the same as H3624 (כֶּלַח);

Places named Calah

Calah in Scripture

“Calah” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 10:11

    Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

  • Genesis 10:12

    And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.