Lexicon qalah: to be lightly esteemed or dishonored Original Word: קָלָהPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: qalah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-law') Short Definition: degraded NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto be lightly esteemed or dishonored NASB Translationdegraded (2), dishonors (1), inferior (1), lightly esteemed (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs II. [ קָלָה] verb Niph`al belightly esteemed, dishonoured ("" form of קלל; compare Late Hebrew קָלוֺן, ᵑ7 קְלנָא disgrace, shame); — Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וְנִקְלָה Isaiah 16:14; Deuteronomy 25:3; Participle נִקְלֶה Isaiah 3:5 2t.; — be lightly esteemed, held of little account, Isaiah 16:14 (glory of Moab); אִישׁ רָשׁ וְנִקְלֶה 1 Samuel 18:23; so ( Participle as substantive) Isaiah 3:5 (opposed to נִכְבָּד), Proverbs 12:9 (opposed to מִתְכַּבֵּד); more positively, be dishonoured, degraded, Deuteronomy 25:3 ( עֵינֶיךָ). Hiph`il treat with contempt, dishonour, Participle ׳מַקְלֶה אָבִיו וגו Deuteronomy 27:16 one dis-honouring [i.e. opposed to כַּבֵּד of 5th Command].
Strong's base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile A primitive root; to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt) -- base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile. |
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