קְלָלָה
qᵉlâlâh · kel-aw-law'
vilification
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7043 (קָלַל);
vilification
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (ac-) curse(-d, -ing).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְלָלָה 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
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and a curse9 · 27%
- a curse4 · 12%
- the curse3 · 9%
- and the curse2 · 6%
- unto him, upon me be thy curse1 · 3%
- is accursed1 · 3%
- to curse1 · 3%
- that all these curses1 · 3%
- moreover all these curses1 · 3%
- upon it all the curses1 · 3%
- and cursing1 · 3%
- and cursings1 · 3%
- for his cursing1 · 3%
- curse1 · 3%
- cursing1 · 3%
- himself with cursing1 · 3%
- so the curse1 · 3%
- and that ye might be a curse1 · 3%
- and it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse1 · 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.