Quick Definition
to lighten
Strong's Definition
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: 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.
TWOT Reference: 2028
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָלַל (qa.lal) — to lighten. 1) to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be slight, be abated (of water) 1a2) to be swift 1a3) to be trifling, be of little account 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be swift, show oneself swift 1b2) to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant 1b3) to be lightly esteemed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make despicable 1c2) to curse 1d) (Pual) to be cursed 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make light, lighten 1e2) to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour 1f) (Pilpel) 1f1) to shake 1f2) to whet 1g) (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קִיקָלֹון · קַל · קֹל · קְלָלָה · קְלֹקֵל
Agile | verb qal, verb nif
light, fast, swift, restless = state in which animals and objects have the ability to move or act with speed ◄ due to lack of weight, agility, strength, training, or energy
Insignificant | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ שָׁפָל | ≠ כבד
to be worthless, to be insignificant, to be of no account = state in which humans have a reduced value or reduced importance, mostly in the eyes of someone else
GEN 16:4 · GEN 16:5 · 1SA 2:30 · 2SA 6:22 · JOB 40:4 · NAM 1:14
Trivial | verb nif | ≠ בקשׁ
to be a trivial matter, to be of no consequence, to come easy = state in which an event is regarded as relatively unimportant, not requiring much effort or thought
1SA 18:23 · 1KI 16:31 · 2KI 3:18 · 2KI 20:10 · PRO 14:6 · ISA 49:6 · JER 6:14 · JER 8:11 · EZK 8:17
Lax | verb hif
to lighten, to reduce (one's load) = causative action by which humans reduce the intensity of a situation
EXO 18:22 · 1SA 6:5 · 1KI 12:4 · 1KI 12:9 · 1KI 12:10 · 2CH 10:4 · 2CH 10:9 · 2CH 10:10 · JON 1:5
Quantity | verb qal
to abate, to subside = process by which waters become less in quantity or volume in a certain location
Curse | verb pi, verb pu'al | ≈ ארר · נקב | ≠ ברך
to curse, to blaspheme, to revile = actions by which humans or deities consign other humans or deities or inanimate objects to death, damage, or destruction, usually by invoking the name of a deity if the agent is human; ◄ this is done as punishment, out of contempt, fear, anger, or hostility, or because one was paid to do so; ► the effectiveness of a curse partially depends on the authority of the one pronouncing it
GEN 8:21 · GEN 12:3 · EXO 21:17 · EXO 22:27 · LEV 19:14 · LEV 20:9 · LEV 20:9 · LEV 24:11 · LEV 24:14 · LEV 24:15 · LEV 24:23 · DEU 23:5 · JOS 24:9 · JDG 9:27 · 1SA 3:13 · 1SA 17:43 · 2SA 16:5 · 2SA 16:7 · 2SA 16:9 · 2SA 16:10 · 2SA 16:10 · 2SA 16:11 · 2SA 16:13 · 2SA 19:22 · 1KI 2:8 · 2KI 2:24 · NEH 13:2 · NEH 13:25 · JOB 3:1 · JOB 24:18 · PSA 37:22 · PSA 62:5 · PSA 109:28 · PRO 20:20 · PRO 30:10 · PRO 30:11 · ECC 7:21 · ECC 7:22 · ECC 10:20 · ECC 10:20 · ISA 8:21 · ISA 65:20 · JER 15:10
Unsteady | verb hit | ≈ רעשׁ
to shake, to tremble, to shudder = process by which objects in nature move back, forth, and sideways
Unsteady | verb pi
to shake = causative action by which human shakes objects inside a container
Shape | verb pi
to sharpen = causative action by which someone causes an object to have a thin cutting edge with the help of an iron implement, ► in order to make it useful and effective as a tool
Despise | Shame | verb hif
to despise, to bring dishonor, to treat with contempt = action by which humans and deities expresses their contempt towards someone else, ► with the intention of provoking public shame in that person
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָלַל] 82 vb. be slight, swift, trifling Qal be slight, of water, be abated
be swift
trifling, i.e. of little account
Niph. shew oneself swift
appear trifling
be lightly esteemed
Pi. curse (prop. make contemptible)
Pu. be cursed
Hiph. make light, lighten
treat with contempt
Pilp. shake
(peculiarly) whet
Hithpalp. reflex. of 1: hills shook themselves
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