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קָלַל

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hebrewOld TestamentVerb82 occurrences22 books79 verses

Definition

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

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָלַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

82 total
  1. Job 9:25קַ֭לּוּ · are swifter
    My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
  2. Job 24:18תְּקֻלַּ֣ל · is cursed
    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.
  3. Job 40:4קַ֭לֹּתִי · I am insignificant
    “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  4. Psalm 37:22וּ֝מְקֻלָּלָ֗יו · but the cursed
    Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
  5. Psalm 62:4יְקַלְלוּ־ · but inwardly they curse
    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
  6. Psalm 109:28יְקַֽלְלוּ־ · curse
    Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
  7. Proverbs 14:6נָקָֽל׃ · comes easily
    A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
  8. Proverbs 20:20מְ֭קַלֵּל · Whoever curses
    Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
  9. Proverbs 30:10יְקַלֶּלְךָ֥ · he will curse you
    Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
  10. Proverbs 30:11יְקַלֵּ֑ל · of those who curse
    There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
  11. Ecclesiastes 7:21מְקַלְלֶֽךָ׃ · cursing you
    Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
  12. Ecclesiastes 7:22קִלַּ֥לְתָּ · have cursed
    For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
  13. Ecclesiastes 10:10קִלְקַ֔ל · unsharpened
    If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
  14. Ecclesiastes 10:20תְּקַלֵּ֔ל · curse; תְּקַלֵּ֖ל · curse
    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.
  15. Isaiah 8:21וְקִלֵּ֧ל · they will curse
    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.
  16. Isaiah 9:1הֵקַ֞ל · He humbled
    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:
  17. Isaiah 23:9לְהָקֵ֖ל · to disgrace
    The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
  18. Isaiah 30:16יִקַּ֥לּוּ · will be faster
    “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
  19. Isaiah 49:6נָקֵ֨ל · It is not enough
    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.”
  20. Isaiah 65:20יְקֻלָּֽל׃ · will be considered accursed
    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.
  21. Jeremiah 4:13קַלּ֥וּ · are swifter
    Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
  22. Jeremiah 4:24הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃ · were swaying
    I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
  23. Jeremiah 6:14נְקַלָּ֔ה · with very little care
    They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
  24. Jeremiah 8:11נְקַלָּ֔ה · with very little care
    They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
  25. Jeremiah 15:10מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ס · curses me
    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.
  26. Ezekiel 8:17הֲנָקֵל֙ · Is it not enough
    “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!
  27. Ezekiel 21:21קִלְקַ֤ל · He shakes
    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.
  28. Ezekiel 22:7הֵקַ֣לּוּ · are treated with contempt
    Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
  29. Jonah 1:5לְהָקֵ֖ל · to lighten
    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.
  30. Nahum 1:14קַלּֽוֹתָ׃פ · you are contemptible
    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.”
  31. Habakkuk 1:8וְקַלּ֨וּ · are swifter
    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.