Strong's #7043: qalal (pronounced 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), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
qâlal
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
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 82 times:
Genesis 8:8: "from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face"
Genesis 8:11: "knew that the waters were abated from off the earth."
Genesis 8:21: "his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake;"
Genesis 12:3: "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
Genesis 16:4: "that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes."
Genesis 16:5: "and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between"
Exodus 18:22: "matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with"
Exodus 21:17: " And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death."
Exodus 22:28: "Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people."
Leviticus 19:14: "Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind,"
Leviticus 20:9: "For every one that curseth his father or his mother"
Leviticus 20:9: "his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother;"
Leviticus 24:11: "blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's"
Leviticus 24:14: "Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all"
Leviticus 24:15: "of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear"
Leviticus 24:23: "of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp,"
Deuteronomy 23:4: "Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse"
Joshua 24:9: "Balaam the son of Beor to curse"
Judges 9:27: "of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech."
1 Samuel 2:30: "from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed."
1 Samuel 3:13: "which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not."
1 Samuel 6:5: "unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off"
1 Samuel 17:43: "to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods."
1 Samuel 18:23: "And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor"
2 Samuel 1:23: "and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions."
2 Samuel 6:22: "And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of"
2 Samuel 16:5: "whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came."
2 Samuel 16:7: "And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man,"
2 Samuel 16:9: "should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over,"
2 Samuel 16:10: "have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse"
2 Samuel 16:10: "because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say,"
2 Samuel 16:11: "how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD"
2 Samuel 16:13: "on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at"
2 Samuel 19:21: "for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?"
2 Samuel 19:43: "more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first"
1 Kings 2:8: "a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day"
1 Kings 12:4: "yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve"
1 Kings 12:9: "which thy father did put upon us lighter?"
1 Kings 12:10: "our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say"
1 Kings 16:31: "And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took"
2 Kings 2:24: "And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two"
2 Kings 3:18: "And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand."
2 Kings 20:10: "And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay,"
2 Chronicles 10:4: "our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father,"
2 Chronicles 10:9: "have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father"
2 Chronicles 10:10: "thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for"
Nehemiah 13:2: "Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing."
Nehemiah 13:25: "And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear"
Job 3:1: "Job his mouth, and cursed his day."
Job 7:6: "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope."
