קָלַלqâlal
be slight, swift, trifling
Pronunciation: kaw-lal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7043
Meanings
Qal
1. be slight, be abated (Genesis 8:8; Genesis 8:11)
2. be swift (2 Samuel 1:23; Jeremiah 4:13; Habakkuk 1:8)
3. trifling, i.e. of little account (Genesis 16:4; Genesis 16:5; 1 Samuel 2:30)
Niph`al
1. shew oneself swift (Isaiah 30:16)
2. appear trifling (1 Samuel 18:23; Isaiah 49:6; 1 Kings 16:31)
3. be lightly esteemed (2 Samuel 6:22)
Pi`el: curse (2 Samuel 19:22; Leviticus 20:9; 2 Samuel 16:10)
1. with accusative of person (Exodus 21:27; Genesis 12:3; Leviticus 19:14)
2. with accusative of deity (Exodus 22:27; Leviticus 24:15; 1 Samuel 3:13)
3. with accusative of thing (Genesis 8:21; Job 3:1)
Pu`al: be cursed (Isaiah 65:20; Job 24:18; Psalms 37:22)
Hiph`il: id. (Isaiah 8:23; 2 Samuel 19:44; Ezekiel 22:7)
1. make light, lighten (1 Samuel 6:5; Exodus 18:22; Jonah 1:5)
2. treat with contempt (2 Samuel 19:44; Isaiah 23:9; Ezekiel 22:7)
Pilpel
1. shake (Ezekiel 21:26)
2. (peculiarly) whet, (properly move quickly to and fro) (Ecclesiastes 10:10)
Hithpalpel: reflexive of 1 (Jeremiah 4:24)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 82 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 8:8 He also released a dove to see if the water had receded and it could find dry ground.
- Genesis 8:11 This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone.
- Genesis 8:21 And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.
- Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
- Genesis 16:4 So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt.
- Genesis 16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she’s pregnant she treats me with contempt. The Lord will show who’s wrong—you or me!”
See every passage
- Genesis 8:8, 8:11, 8:21, 12:3, 16:4, 16:5
- Exodus 18:22, 21:17, 22:28
- Leviticus 19:14, 20:9, 24:11, 24:14, 24:15, 24:23
- Deuteronomy 23:4
- Joshua 24:9
- Judges 9:27
- 1 Samuel 2:30, 3:13, 6:5, 17:43, 18:23
- 2 Samuel 1:23, 6:22, 16:5, 16:7, 16:9, 16:10, 16:11, 16:13, 19:21, 19:43
- 1 Kings 2:8, 12:4, 12:9, 12:10, 16:31
- 2 Kings 2:24, 3:18, 20:10
- 2 Chronicles 10:4, 10:9, 10:10
- Nehemiah 13:2, 13:25
- Job 3:1, 7:6, 9:25, 24:18, 40:4
- Psalms 37:22, 62:4, 109:28
- Proverbs 14:6, 20:20, 30:10, 30:11
- Ecclesiastes 7:21, 7:22, 10:10, 10:20
- Isaiah 8:21, 9:1, 23:9, 30:16, 49:6, 65:20
- Jeremiah 4:13, 4:24, 6:14, 8:11, 15:10
- Ezekiel 8:17, 21:21, 22:7
- Jonah 1:5
- Nahum 1:14
- Habakkuk 1:8
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).