Qalah קָלָה
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| קָלָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | qalah |
| Strong's number | H7034 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to dishonor |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Deuteronomy (2) |
Qalah (Hebrew קָלָה, Strong's H7034) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to dishonor”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to disgrace, dishonour, be lightly esteemed, be dishonoured, be despised
1a) (Niphal) to be dishonoured, be despised, be lightly esteemed
1b) (Hiphil) to treat with contempt, dishonour, treat shamefully
1a) (Niphal) to be dishonoured, be despised, be lightly esteemed
1b) (Hiphil) to treat with contempt, dishonour, treat shamefully
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | vile (1), light (1), esteemed (1), despised (1), base (1), contemned (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | be degraded (1), he who dishonors (1), lightly esteemed (1), who gathered together (1), be lightly esteemed (1), base (1), will become an object of contempt (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Qalah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 25:3Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
- Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 18:23And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
Proverbs
- Proverbs 12:9He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
- Isaiah 16:14But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).