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

Psalms 37:22 - For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed H7043 of him shall be cut off.

Psalms 62:4 - They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse H7043 inwardly. Selah.

Psalms 109:28 - Let them curse, H7043 but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

Proverbs 14:6 - A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy H7043 unto him that understandeth.

Proverbs 20:20 - Whoso curseth H7043 his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

Proverbs 30:10 - Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse H7043 thee, and thou be found guilty.

Proverbs 30:11 - There is a generation that curseth H7043 their father, and doth not bless their mother.

Ecclesiastes 7:21 - Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse H7043 thee:

Ecclesiastes 7:22 - For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed H7043 others.

Ecclesiastes 10:10 - If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet H7043 the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Ecclesiastes 10:20 - Curse H7043 not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse H7043 not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Isaiah 8:21 - And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse H7043 their king and their God, and look upward.

Isaiah 9:1 - Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted H7043 the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

Isaiah 23:9 - The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt H7043 all the honourable of the earth.

Isaiah 30:16 - 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. H7043

Isaiah 49:6 - And he said, It is a light thing H7043 that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Isaiah 65:20 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. H7043

Jeremiah 4:13 - Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter H7043 than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

Jeremiah 4:24 - I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. H7043

Jeremiah 6:14 - They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, H7043 saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 - For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, H7043 saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 15:10 - 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 neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse H7043 me.

Ezekiel 8:17 - Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing H7043 to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Ezekiel 21:21 - For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, H7043 he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

Ezekiel 22:7 - In thee have they set light H7043 by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Jonah 1:5 - Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten H7043 it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

Nahum 1:14 - And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. H7043

Habakkuk 1:8 - Their horses also are swifter H7043 than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.