Strong's Concordance H7043

Original Word: קָלַל
Transliteration: qâlal
Phonetic Spelling: kaw-lal'
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), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 8:8 - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated H7043 from off the face of the ground;

Genesis 8:11 - And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated H7043 from off the earth.

Genesis 8:21 - And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse H7043 the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

Genesis 12:3 - And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth H7043 thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 16:4 - And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised H7043 in her eyes.

Genesis 16:5 - And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised H7043 in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

Exodus 18:22 - And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier H7043 for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

Exodus 21:17 - And he that curseth H7043 his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 22:28 - Thou shalt not revile H7043 the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

Leviticus 19:14 - Thou shalt not curse H7043 the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 20:9 - For every one that curseth H7043 his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed H7043 his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Leviticus 24:11 - And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. H7043 And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

Leviticus 24:14 - Bring forth him that hath cursed H7043 without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

Leviticus 24:23 - And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed H7043 out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Deuteronomy 23:4 - Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse H7043 thee.

Joshua 24:9 - Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse H7043 you:

Judges 9:27 - And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed H7043 Abimelech.

1 Samuel 2:30 - Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. H7043

1 Samuel 3:13 - For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, H7043 and he restrained them not.

1 Samuel 6:5 - Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten H7043 his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

1 Samuel 17:43 - And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed H7043 David by his gods.

1 Samuel 18:23 - And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light H7043 thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

2 Samuel 1:23 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter H7043 than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 6:22 - And I will yet be more vile H7043 than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.

2 Samuel 16:5 - And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed H7043 still as he came.

2 Samuel 16:7 - And thus said Shimei when he cursed, H7043 Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

2 Samuel 16:9 - Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse H7043 my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

2 Samuel 16:10 - And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, H7043 because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse H7043 David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

2 Samuel 16:11 - And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; H7043 for the LORD hath bidden him.

2 Samuel 16:13 - And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed H7043 as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

2 Samuel 19:21 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed H7043 the LORD'S anointed?

2 Samuel 19:43 - And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise H7043 us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

1 Kings 2:8 - And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed H7043 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.

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, H7043 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 H7043 the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? H7043

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 H7043 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 H7043 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.

2 Kings 2:24 - And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed H7043 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 H7043 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 H7043 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 H7043 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 H7043 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 H7043 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 H7043 them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Nehemiah 13:25 - And I contended with them, and cursed H7043 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.

Job 3:1 - After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed H7043 his day.

Job 7:6 - My days are swifter H7043 than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Job 9:25 - Now my days are swifter H7043 than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Job 24:18 - He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed H7043 in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Job 40:4 - Behold, I am vile; H7043 what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.