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 2 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.

Job 40:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
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Psalms 37:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
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Psalms 62:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
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Source alternate reference: 62.5
Psalms 109:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
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Proverbs 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
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Proverbs 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
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Proverbs 30:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
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Proverbs 30:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
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Ecclesiastes 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
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Ecclesiastes 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
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Ecclesiastes 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
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Ecclesiastes 10:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
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Isaiah 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
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Isaiah 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
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Source alternate reference: 8.23
Isaiah 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
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Isaiah 30:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
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Isaiah 49:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
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Isaiah 65:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
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Jeremiah 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
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Jeremiah 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
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Jeremiah 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
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Jeremiah 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
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Jeremiah 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
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Ezekiel 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
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Ezekiel 21:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
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Source alternate reference: 21.26
Ezekiel 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
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Jonah 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
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Nahum 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
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Habakkuk 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
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