qa.lal H7043

קָלַל (qa.lal) means “to lighten” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

קָלַל Hebrew · H7043 82 tagged occurrences in 79 verses

Pronunciation guide: kaw-lal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7043

קָלַל · qa.lal · to lighten

1) to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be slight, be abated (of water) 1a2) to be swift 1a3) to be trifling, be of little account 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be swift, show oneself swift 1b2) to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant 1b3) to be lightly esteemed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make despicable 1c2) to curse 1d) (Pual) to be cursed 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make light, lighten 1e2) to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour 1f) (Pilpel) 1f1) to shake 1f2) to whet 1g) (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)

KJV glosses: 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), [idiom] slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.

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How translators render H7043

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
curse	6
are swifter	4
curses	2
had receded	2
he yelled curses	2
lighten	2
must make it lighter	2
the blasphemer	2
to curse you	2
with very little care	2
and called down a curse on them	1
and called down curses on them	1
and cursed	1
and i will humiliate	1
and let him curse me	1
anyone who curses	1
are treated with contempt	1
blaspheme	1
blasphemed god	1
but inwardly they curse	1
but the cursed	1
comes easily	1
cursed	1
curses against me	1
curses me	1
cursing you	1
does it seem trivial	1
have cursed	1
he cursed	1
he curses me	1
he has cursed	1
he humbled	1
he kept yelling out curses	1
he shakes	1
he will curse you	1
he will lift	1
i am insignificant	1
is a simple matter	1
is cursed	1
is it not enough	1
it is easy	1
it is not enough	1
must lighten	1
not enough	1
of those who curse	1
she began to despise	1
she has treated me with contempt	1
so that your load may be lightened	1
then do you despise us	1
they cursed	1
they were swifter	1
they will curse	1
those who curse you	1
to call down a curse	1
to disgrace	1
to lighten	1
unsharpened	1
were swaying	1
whoever curses	1
will be considered accursed	1
will be disdained	1
will be faster	1
will i curse	1
with a curse	1
you are contemptible	1
you must lighten	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
and cursed	4
curse	4
are swifter	3
cursed	2
curseth	2
it is a light thing	2
slightly	2
to curse	2
upon us lighter	2
were abated	2
a light thing	1
against them that he should curse	1
also are swifter	1
and curse	1
and he do not whet	1
and he that curseth	1
and i will yet be more vile	1
and it came to pass as if it had been a light thing	1
and let him curse	1
behold i am vile	1
bright	1
but they curse	1
ease	1
easy	1
every one of them doth curse	1
for this because he cursed	1
for thou art vile	1
he hath cursed	1
he lightly afflicted	1
him and cursed	1
him that curseth	1
him that had cursed	1
him that hath cursed	1
i was despised	1
in thee have they set light	1
is cursed	1
is it a light thing	1
lest he curse	1
let them curse	1
light	1
lighter	1
made themselves vile	1
make	1
me shall be lightly esteemed	1
moved lightly	1
now therefore ease	1
on them and cursed	1
peradventure he will lighten	1
shall be accursed	1
so let him curse	1
so shall it be easier	1
somewhat lighter	1
than ye why then did ye despise	1
that curseth	1
that thou thyself likewise hast cursed	1
themselves and curse	1
they were swifter	1
thou shalt not curse	1
thou shalt not revile	1
to bring into contempt	1
to lighten	1
unto him curse	1
was despised	1
when he cursed	1
which cursed	1
whoso curseth	1
with them and cursed	1
you be swift	1

Verses containing H7043

Page 1 of 2. 79 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Genesis 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
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Genesis 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
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Genesis 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
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Genesis 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
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Genesis 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
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Genesis 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
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Exodus 18:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.
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Exodus 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
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Exodus 22:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
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Source alternate reference: 22.27
Leviticus 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 20:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
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Leviticus 24:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
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Leviticus 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
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Leviticus 24:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
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Leviticus 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Deuteronomy 23:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
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Source alternate reference: 23.5
Joshua 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
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Judges 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
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1 Samuel 2:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
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1 Samuel 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
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1 Samuel 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
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1 Samuel 17:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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1 Samuel 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
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2 Samuel 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
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2 Samuel 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
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2 Samuel 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
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2 Samuel 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
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2 Samuel 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
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2 Samuel 16:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
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2 Samuel 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
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2 Samuel 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.
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2 Samuel 19:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.22
2 Samuel 19:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
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Source alternate reference: 19.44
1 Kings 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
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1 Kings 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
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1 Kings 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
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1 Kings 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
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1 Kings 16:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
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2 Kings 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
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2 Kings 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
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2 Kings 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
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2 Chronicles 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
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2 Chronicles 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
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2 Chronicles 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
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Nehemiah 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
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Nehemiah 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
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Job 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
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Job 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
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Job 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
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Job 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
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