Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H7043

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Original: קלל

Transliteration: qalal (qâlal)

Phonetic: kaw-lal'

BDB Definition:

to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light
1. (Qal)
  1. to be slight, be abated (of water)
  2. to be swift
  3. to be trifling, be of little account
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be swift, show oneself swift
  2. to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant
  3. to be lightly esteemed
3. (Piel)
  1. to make despicable
  2. to curse
4. (Pual) to be cursed
5. (Hiphil)
  1. to make light, lighten
  2. to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour
6. (Pilpel)
  1. to shake
  2. to whet
7. (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2028

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: 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.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (82x)

A Light Thing (1x)

Against Them, That He Should Curse (1x)

Also Are Swifter (1x)

And Curse (1x)

And Cursed (4x)

And He Do Not Whet (1x)

And He That Curseth (1x)

And I Will Yet Be More Vile (1x)

And It Came To Pass, As If It Had Been A Light Thing (1x)

And Let Him Curse (1x)

Are Swifter (3x)

Behold, I Am Vile (1x)

Bright (1x)

But They Curse (1x)

Curse (4x)

Cursed (2x)

Curseth (1x)

Ease (1x)

Easy (1x)

Every One Of Them Doth Curse (1x)

For This, Because He Cursed (1x)

For Thou Art Vile (1x)

He Hath Cursed (1x)

He Lightly Afflicted (1x)

Him That Curseth (1x)

Him That Had Cursed (1x)

Him That Hath Cursed (1x)

Him, And Cursed (1x)

I Was Despised (1x)

In Thee Have They Set Light (1x)

Is Cursed (1x)

Is It A Light Thing (1x)

It Is A Light Thing (2x)

Lest He Curse (1x)

Let Them Curse (1x)

Light (1x)

Lighter (1x)

Made Themselves Vile (1x)

Make (1x)

Me Shall Be Lightly Esteemed (1x)

Moved Lightly (1x)

Now Therefore Ease (1x)

On Them, And Cursed (1x)

Peradventure He Will Lighten (1x)

Shall Be Accursed (1x)

Slightly (2x)

So Let Him Curse (1x)

So Shall It Be Easier (1x)

Somewhat Lighter (1x)

Than Ye: Why Then Did Ye Despise (1x)

That Curseth (1x)

That Thou Thyself Likewise Hast Cursed (1x)

Themselves, And Curse (1x)

They Were Swifter (1x)

Thou Shalt Not Curse (1x)

Thou Shalt Not Revile (1x)

To Bring Into Contempt (1x)

To Curse (2x)

To Lighten (1x)

Unto Him, Curse (1x)

Upon Us Lighter (1x)

Upon Us, Lighter (1x)

Was Despised (1x)

Were Abated (2x)

When He Cursed (1x)

Which Cursed (1x)

Whoso Curseth (1x)

With Them, And Cursed (1x)

You Be Swift (1x)

All Occurrences

1 Kings 2:8

And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord , saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.(d)

1 Kings 12:4

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

1 Kings 12:9

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

1 Kings 12:10

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

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 to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.(e)

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 she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

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, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

2 Chronicles 10:4

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

2 Chronicles 10:9

And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

2 Chronicles 10:10

And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

Nehemiah 13:2

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired 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 by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.(s)

Job 3:1

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Job 7:6

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Job 9:25

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Job 24:18

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Job 40:4

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Psalm 37:22

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

Psalm 62:4

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.(d)

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

Proverbs 14:6

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.(g)

Proverbs 30:10

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.(f)

Ecclesiastes 7:21

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:(i)

Ecclesiastes 7:22

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Ecclesiastes 10:20

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.(j)

Isaiah 8:21

And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

Isaiah 9:1

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.(a)

Isaiah 23:9

The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.(c)

Isaiah 30:16

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

Isaiah 49:6

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.(c)

(d)

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H7043

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H7043