קָלַל
qâlal · kaw-lal'
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads › authority, the one who leads
What comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָלַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
82 occurrences · 82 OT · 0 NT · 73 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- curse4 · 11%
- and cursed3 · 8%
- are swifter3 · 8%
- to curse2 · 5%
- were abated2 · 5%
- it is a light thing2 · 5%
- that curseth2 · 5%
- slightly2 · 5%
- thou shalt not revile1 · 3%
- cursed1 · 3%
- and he that curseth1 · 3%
- so shall it be easier1 · 3%
- made themselves vile1 · 3%
- thou shalt not curse1 · 3%
- him that had cursed1 · 3%
- i was despised1 · 3%
- curseth1 · 3%
- him that hath cursed1 · 3%
- of the lord, and cursed1 · 3%
- me shall be lightly esteemed1 · 3%
- he hath cursed1 · 3%
- peradventure he will lighten1 · 3%
- was despised1 · 3%
- it to you a light1 · 3%
- him that curseth1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.