קָלַל

qa.lal · to lighten

Hebrew · Strong's H7043 · Verb · Sounds like: kaw-lal' · 82 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

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), [idiom] slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[קָלַל] 82 vb. be slight, swift, trifling
Qal
1. be slight, of water, be abated
2. be swift
3. trifling, i.e. of little account
Niph.
1. shew oneself swift
2. appear trifling
3. be lightly esteemed
Pi. curse (prop. make contemptible)
Pu. be cursed
Hiph.
1. make light, lighten
2. treat with contempt
Pilp.
1. shake
2. (peculiarly) whet
Hithpalp. reflex. of 1: hills shook themselves

Every occurrence

  1. Jeremiah 4:13 קַלּ֥וּ ka.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.

  2. Jeremiah 4:24 הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃ hit.kal.Ka.lu · An action: doing it to oneself, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

  3. Jeremiah 6:14 נְקַלָּ֔ה ne.ka.Lah · An -ing word: receiving the action

    They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  4. Jeremiah 8:11 נְקַלָּ֔ה ne.ka.Lah · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  5. Jeremiah 15:10 מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ ס me.ka.La.v.ni · An -ing word: strong action

    Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

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