קַל

qal · swift

Hebrew · Strong's H7031 · Adjective · Sounds like: kal · 13 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

contracted from קָלַל; light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial); light, swift(-ly).

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
קַל adj. light, swift fleet

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Samuel 2:18 קַ֣ל kal · Describes something

    And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

  2. Job 24:18 קַֽל־ kal- · Describes something

    Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

  3. Ecclesiastes 9:11 לַקַּלִּ֨ים la.ka.Lim · Describes something

    I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

  4. Isaiah 5:26 קַ֥ל kal · Describes something

    And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.

  5. Isaiah 18:2 קַלִּ֗ים ka.Lim · Describes something

    that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

  6. Isaiah 19:1 קַל֙ kal · Describes something

    The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

  7. Isaiah 30:16 קַ֣ל kal · Describes something

    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.

  8. Jeremiah 2:23 קַלָּ֖ה ka.Lah · Describes something

    How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

  9. Jeremiah 46:6 הַקַּ֔ל ha.Kal · Describes something

    Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

  10. Lamentations 4:19 קַלִּ֤ים ka.Lim · Describes something

    Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

  11. Joel 3:4 קַ֣ל kal · Describes something

    Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head.

  12. Amos 2:14 מִקָּ֔ל mi.Kal · Describes something

    And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

  13. Amos 2:15 וְקַ֥ל ve.Kal · Describes something

    neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

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