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qe.la.lah H7045

קְלָלָה (qe.la.lah) means “curse” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

קְלָלָה Hebrew · H7045 33 tagged occurrences in 33 verses

Pronunciation guide: kel-aw-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7045

קְלָלָה · qe.la.lah · curse

curse, vilification, execration

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H7043 (קָלַל); vilification

KJV glosses: (ac-) curse(-d, -ing).

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How translators render H7045

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
and a curse 3
and cursing 3
curse 3
a curse 2
an object of cursing 2
curses 2
of vilification 2
the curse 2
the cursing that 2
and an object of cursing 1
and curses 1
and the curse 1
and the curses 1
as a curse 1
but a curse 1
deliver the curse 1
so the curse 1
the cursing i receive 1
will use this curse 1
your curse 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and a curse 9
a curse 4
the curse 3
and the curse 2
accursed 1
and cursing 1
and cursings 1
and that ye might be a curse 1
as ye were a curse 1
curse 1
cursing 1
for his cursing 1
himself with cursing 1
moreover all these curses 1
so the curse 1
that all these curses 1
thy curse 1
to curse 1
upon it all the curses 1

Verses containing H7045

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  1. Genesis 27:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”

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  2. Genesis 27:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

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  3. Deuteronomy 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—

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  4. Deuteronomy 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.

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  5. Deuteronomy 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

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  6. Deuteronomy 21:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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  7. Deuteronomy 23:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

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    Source alternate reference: 23.6

  8. Deuteronomy 27:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

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  9. Deuteronomy 28:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

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  10. Deuteronomy 28:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.

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  11. Deuteronomy 29:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.

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    Source alternate reference: 29.26

  12. Deuteronomy 30:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

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  13. Deuteronomy 30:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

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  14. Joshua 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.

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  15. Judges 9:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

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  16. 2 Samuel 16:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”

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  17. 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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  18. 2 Kings 22:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

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  19. 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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  20. Psalms 109:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

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  21. Psalms 109:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

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  22. Proverbs 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

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  23. Proverbs 27:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

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  24. Jeremiah 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

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  25. Jeremiah 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

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  26. Jeremiah 26:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

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  27. Jeremiah 29:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’

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  28. Jeremiah 42:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’

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  29. Jeremiah 44:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.

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  30. Jeremiah 44:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.

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  31. Jeremiah 44:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

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  32. Jeremiah 49:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”

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  33. Zechariah 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”

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