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Lexicon :: Strong's H7043 - qālal

Aa
קָלַל
Transliteration
qālal
Pronunciation
kaw-lal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2028

Strong’s Definitions

קָלַל qâlal, kaw-lal'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.):—abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x

The KJV translates Strong's H7043 in the following manner: curse (39x), swifter (5x), light thing (5x), vile (4x), lighter (4x), despise (3x), abated (2x), ease (2x), light (2x), lighten (2x), slightly (2x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x
The KJV translates Strong's H7043 in the following manner: curse (39x), swifter (5x), light thing (5x), vile (4x), lighter (4x), despise (3x), abated (2x), ease (2x), light (2x), lighten (2x), slightly (2x), miscellaneous (12x).

  1. to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be slight, be abated (of water)

      2. to be swift

      3. to be trifling, be of little account

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be swift, show oneself swift

      2. to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant

      3. to be lightly esteemed

    3. (Piel)

      1. to make despicable

      2. to curse

    4. (Pual) to be cursed

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to make light, lighten

      2. to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour

    6. (Pilpel)

      1. to shake

      2. to whet

    7. (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָלַל qâlal, kaw-lal'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.):—abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
STRONGS H7043: Abbreviations
[קָלַל] 82 verb be slight, swift, trifling (probably originally be light; Late Hebrew [קָלַל], קַל, קִלֵּל =Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian ḳalâlu II. depise, dishonour; so Tel Amarna (apparently Canaanism); Arabic bdb088603 be small, scanty; Sabean קללם scanty Hal 143.8 f. (compare FellZMG liv (1900), 246); Ethiopic bdb088604 be light, small, easy; II. despise; Targum קְלַל, Syriac bdb088605 = Biblical Hebrew; also (see Pilp., etc.) Arabic bdb088606 shake, bdb088607: vibrate, whirl (of sword), bdb088608: see be shaken; — SchwZAW xi (1891), 170 ff. thinks shake original, see מַקֵּל); —
† Qal Perfect 2nd person masculine singular קַלּוֺתָ Nahum 1:14; 1st person singular קַלֹּתי Job 40:4; 3rd person plural קַלּוּ Genesis 8:11 +; Imperfect. 3rd person feminine singular וַתֵּקַל Genesis 16:4; 1st person singular וָאֵקַל Genesis 16:5; 3rd person masculine plural יֵָֽֽֽ֑קלּוּ 1 Samuel 2:30; —
1. be slight, of water, be abated, fr off (מֵעַל) earth Genesis 8:8, 11(J).
2. be swift, with מִן compare, of warriors 2 Samuel 1:23, horses Jeremiah 4:13; Habakkuk 1:8; one's days Job 7:6; Job 9:25.
3. trifling, i.e. of little account., of person, Genesis 16:4, 5 (J; both with בְּעֵינֶיהָ; 1 Samuel 2:30 (opposed to אֲכַבֵּד).
† Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נָקֵל (Ges § 67 t.) 2 Kings 20:10 +, וְנָקַל consecutive 2 Kings 3:18; נָקָ֑ל Proverbs 14:6; 1st person singular consecutive וּנְקַלֹּתִי 2 Samuel 6:22; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִקַּ֫לּוּ Isaiah 30:16; Participle feminine נְקַלָּה (עַלֿ) Jeremiah 6:14: + 2 times; —
1. shew oneself swift Isaiah 30:16 (|| עַלקַֿל נִרְכָּ֑ב).
2. appear trifling, 1 Samuel 18:23 (בְּעֵינֵיכֶם; Infinitive subject, compare Dr), with מִן compare be too trifling Isaiah 49:6, especially of sin 1 Kings 16:31 (Infinitive subject), and (with מִן compare) Ezekiel 8:17; easy 2 Kings 3:18 (בְּעֵנַי), 2 Kings 20:10 (with Infinitive), Proverbs 14:6; Participle (as substantive) with עַל in adverb phraseעַלנְֿקַלָּה lightly i.e. superficially, Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 8:11.
3. be lightly esteemed 2 Samuel 6:22 (|| שָׁפָל; opposed to אִכָּכֵ֑דָה).
Pi. 40 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular קִלֵּל 2 Samuel 19:22 +, etc.; Imperfect יְקַלֵּל Leviticus 20:9 +, etc : Imperative masculine singular קַלֵּל 2 Samuel 16:10; Infinitive construct קַלֵּל Genesis 8:21: Joshua 24:9, etc.; Participle מְקַלֵּל Exodus 21:17 +; suffixכֻלֹּה מקללוני Jeremiah 15:10, read מְקַלְלַוְנִי! (Baer); error for כֻּלְּהֶם קִלְלוּנִי JDMich Gf Gie Du and others, etc.; — curse (properly make contemptible):
1. with accusative of person homin. Exodus 21:27 (E), Genesis 12:3 (J), Leviticus 19:14 (H), Judges 9:27; 2 Samuel 16:9 + 16 times; קִלְלַנִי קְלָלָה 1 Kings 2:8; object omitted 2 Samuel 16:5, 7, 10, 11, 13; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 109:28 (opposed to בֵּרַךְ); acc person + ב of oath 1 Samuel 17:43; 2 Kings 2:24; with כ of oath alone Isaiah 8:21.
2. with accusative dei Exodus 22:27 (E), Leviticus 24:15 (H), 1 Samuel 3:13 (reading אֱלֹהִים for להֶם Greek Version of the LXX Comm.), + (object omitted) Leviticus 24:11, 14, 23
3. with accusative of thing Genesis 8:21 (י׳ subject), Job 3:1.
† Pu. Imperfect) 3rd person masculine singular יְקֻלָּ֑ל Isaiah 65:20 be cursed by death; 3rd person feminine singular תְּקֻלַּל Job 24:18 their portion is cursed; Participle plural suffix מְקֻלָּלָיו Psalm 37:22= those cursed by him (opposed to מְברָכָיו).
† Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵקַל Isaiah 8:23; 2nd person masculine singular suffix הֱקִלֹּחַנִי 2 Samuel 19:44 (van d. H. -הֲ); 3rd person plural הֵקַלּוּ Ezekiel 22:7; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָקֵל 1 Samuel 6:5; Imperative masculine singular; הָקֵל Exodus 18:22+; Infinitive construct id., Isaiah 23:9; Jonah 1:5; —
1. make light, lighten, יָקֵל אֶתיָֿדוֺ מֵעֲלֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 6:5; he will lighten his hand from upon you; with מֵעַל person alone, make light from upon one, lighten one's burden Exodus 18:22 (E), Jonah 1:5; 1 Kings 12:10 2 Chronicles 10:10; + מִן partitive 1 Kings 12:4, 9 2 Chronicles 10:4, 9.
2. treat with contempt, accusative of person 2 Samuel 19:44; Isaiah 23:9; Ezekiel 22:7; direct causative bring contempt, dishonour Isaiah 8:23 (opposed to הִכְבִּיד).
Pilp. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular.
1. shake קִלְקַל בַּחצִּים Ezekiel 21:26 (in divination).
2. (peculiarly) whet Ecclesiastes 10:10 (properly move quickly to and fro).
† Hithpalp. reflexive of 1 : Perfect 3rd person plural הִחְקַלְקָ֑לוּ Jeremiah 4:24 hills shook themselves, shook.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:8; 8:11; 8:11; 8:21; 8:21; 12:3; 16:4; 16:4; 16:5; 16:5

Exodus

18:22; 18:22; 21:17; 21:27; 22:27

Leviticus

19:14; 20:9; 24:11; 24:14; 24:15; 24:23

Joshua

24:9

Judges

9:27

1 Samuel

2:30; 2:30; 3:13; 6:5; 6:5; 17:43; 18:23

2 Samuel

1:23; 6:22; 6:22; 16:5; 16:7; 16:9; 16:10; 16:10; 16:11; 16:13; 19:22

1 Kings

2:8; 12:4; 12:9; 12:10; 16:31

2 Kings

2:24; 3:18; 3:18; 20:10; 20:10

2 Chronicles

10:4; 10:9; 10:10

Job

3:1; 7:6; 9:25; 24:18; 40:4

Psalms

37:22; 62:5; 109:28

Proverbs

14:6; 14:6

Ecclesiastes

10:10

Isaiah

8:21; 23:9; 23:9; 30:16; 30:16; 49:6; 65:20

Jeremiah

4:13; 4:24; 6:14; 6:14; 8:11; 15:10

Ezekiel

8:17; 21:26; 22:7; 22:7

Jonah

1:5; 1:5

Nahum

1:14

Habakkuk

1:8

H7043

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7043 matches the Hebrew קָלַל (qālal),
which occurs 82 times in 79 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Job 40:4–Hab 1:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4 - “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:22 - those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:28 - While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:6 - The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - If someone curses their father or mother, their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 - “Do not slander a servant to their master, or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:11 - “There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:21 - Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22 - for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:10 - If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird in the sky may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 - The LORD Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:16 - You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.’ Therefore you will flee! You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’ Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6 - he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! We are ruined!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:24 - I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:14 - They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:11 - They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. “Peace, peace,” they say, when there is no peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth, a man with whom the whole land strives and contends! I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually arouse my anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14 - The LORD has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: “You will have no descendants to bear your name. I will destroy the images and idols that are in the temple of your gods. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 - Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;

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