קָלָה

qa.lah · to dishonor

Hebrew · Strong's H7034 · Verb · Sounds like: kaw-law' · 6 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt); base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[קָלָה] vb. Niph. be lightly esteemed, dishonoured
Hiph. treat with contempt, dishonour

Every occurrence

  1. Isaiah 3:5 וְהַנִּקְלֶ֖ה ve.ha.nik.Leh · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

  2. Isaiah 16:14 וְנִקְלָה֙ ve.nik.Lah · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.

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