Definition
a primitive root; to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be [causatively, hold] in contempt)
Traditional renderings: base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile.
Traditional renderings: base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָלָה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Deuteronomy 25:3וְנִקְלָ֥ה · and be degradedHe may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
- Deuteronomy 27:16מַקְלֶ֥ה · he who dishonors‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 1 Samuel 18:23וְנִקְלֶֽה׃ · and lightly esteemedBut 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.”
- 2 Samuel 20:14וַיִּקָּלְהוּ · who gathered togetherSheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
- Proverbs 12:9נִ֭קְלֶה · to be lightly esteemedBetter to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
- Isaiah 3:5וְהַנִּקְלֶ֖ה · and the baseThe 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 16:14וְנִקְלָה֙ · will become an object of contemptAnd 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.”