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Lexicon :: Strong's H7043 - qālal

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קָלַל
Transliteration
qālal
Pronunciation
kaw-lal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2028

Strong’s Definitions

קָלַל qâlal, kaw-lal'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.):—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), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x

The KJV translates Strong's H7043 in the following manner: curse (39x), swifter (5x), light thing (5x), vile (4x), lighter (4x), despise (3x), abated (2x), ease (2x), light (2x), lighten (2x), slightly (2x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x
The KJV translates Strong's H7043 in the following manner: curse (39x), swifter (5x), light thing (5x), vile (4x), lighter (4x), despise (3x), abated (2x), ease (2x), light (2x), lighten (2x), slightly (2x), miscellaneous (12x).

  1. to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be slight, be abated (of water)

      2. to be swift

      3. to be trifling, be of little account

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be swift, show oneself swift

      2. to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant

      3. to be lightly esteemed

    3. (Piel)

      1. to make despicable

      2. to curse

    4. (Pual) to be cursed

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to make light, lighten

      2. to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour

    6. (Pilpel)

      1. to shake

      2. to whet

    7. (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָלַל qâlal, kaw-lal'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.):—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), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
STRONGS H7043: Abbreviations
[קָלַל] 82 verb be slight, swift, trifling (probably originally be light; Late Hebrew [קָלַל], קַל, קִלֵּל =Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian ḳalâlu II. depise, dishonour; so Tel Amarna (apparently Canaanism); Arabic bdb088603 be small, scanty; Sabean קללם scanty Hal 143.8 f. (compare FellZMG liv (1900), 246); Ethiopic bdb088604 be light, small, easy; II. despise; Targum קְלַל, Syriac bdb088605 = Biblical Hebrew; also (see Pilp., etc.) Arabic bdb088606 shake, bdb088607: vibrate, whirl (of sword), bdb088608: see be shaken; — SchwZAW xi (1891), 170 ff. thinks shake original, see מַקֵּל); —
† Qal Perfect 2nd person masculine singular קַלּוֺתָ Nahum 1:14; 1st person singular קַלֹּתי Job 40:4; 3rd person plural קַלּוּ Genesis 8:11 +; Imperfect. 3rd person feminine singular וַתֵּקַל Genesis 16:4; 1st person singular וָאֵקַל Genesis 16:5; 3rd person masculine plural יֵָֽֽֽ֑קלּוּ 1 Samuel 2:30; —
1. be slight, of water, be abated, fr off (מֵעַל) earth Genesis 8:8, 11(J).
2. be swift, with מִן compare, of warriors 2 Samuel 1:23, horses Jeremiah 4:13; Habakkuk 1:8; one's days Job 7:6; Job 9:25.
3. trifling, i.e. of little account., of person, Genesis 16:4, 5 (J; both with בְּעֵינֶיהָ; 1 Samuel 2:30 (opposed to אֲכַבֵּד).
† Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נָקֵל (Ges § 67 t.) 2 Kings 20:10 +, וְנָקַל consecutive 2 Kings 3:18; נָקָ֑ל Proverbs 14:6; 1st person singular consecutive וּנְקַלֹּתִי 2 Samuel 6:22; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִקַּ֫לּוּ Isaiah 30:16; Participle feminine נְקַלָּה (עַלֿ) Jeremiah 6:14: + 2 times; —
1. shew oneself swift Isaiah 30:16 (|| עַלקַֿל נִרְכָּ֑ב).
2. appear trifling, 1 Samuel 18:23 (בְּעֵינֵיכֶם; Infinitive subject, compare Dr), with מִן compare be too trifling Isaiah 49:6, especially of sin 1 Kings 16:31 (Infinitive subject), and (with מִן compare) Ezekiel 8:17; easy 2 Kings 3:18 (בְּעֵנַי), 2 Kings 20:10 (with Infinitive), Proverbs 14:6; Participle (as substantive) with עַל in adverb phraseעַלנְֿקַלָּה lightly i.e. superficially, Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 8:11.
3. be lightly esteemed 2 Samuel 6:22 (|| שָׁפָל; opposed to אִכָּכֵ֑דָה).
Pi. 40 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular קִלֵּל 2 Samuel 19:22 +, etc.; Imperfect יְקַלֵּל Leviticus 20:9 +, etc : Imperative masculine singular קַלֵּל 2 Samuel 16:10; Infinitive construct קַלֵּל Genesis 8:21: Joshua 24:9, etc.; Participle מְקַלֵּל Exodus 21:17 +; suffixכֻלֹּה מקללוני Jeremiah 15:10, read מְקַלְלַוְנִי! (Baer); error for כֻּלְּהֶם קִלְלוּנִי JDMich Gf Gie Du and others, etc.; — curse (properly make contemptible):
1. with accusative of person homin. Exodus 21:27 (E), Genesis 12:3 (J), Leviticus 19:14 (H), Judges 9:27; 2 Samuel 16:9 + 16 times; קִלְלַנִי קְלָלָה 1 Kings 2:8; object omitted 2 Samuel 16:5, 7, 10, 11, 13; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 109:28 (opposed to בֵּרַךְ); acc person + ב of oath 1 Samuel 17:43; 2 Kings 2:24; with כ of oath alone Isaiah 8:21.
2. with accusative dei Exodus 22:27 (E), Leviticus 24:15 (H), 1 Samuel 3:13 (reading אֱלֹהִים for להֶם Greek Version of the LXX Comm.), + (object omitted) Leviticus 24:11, 14, 23
3. with accusative of thing Genesis 8:21 (י׳ subject), Job 3:1.
† Pu. Imperfect) 3rd person masculine singular יְקֻלָּ֑ל Isaiah 65:20 be cursed by death; 3rd person feminine singular תְּקֻלַּל Job 24:18 their portion is cursed; Participle plural suffix מְקֻלָּלָיו Psalm 37:22= those cursed by him (opposed to מְברָכָיו).
† Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵקַל Isaiah 8:23; 2nd person masculine singular suffix הֱקִלֹּחַנִי 2 Samuel 19:44 (van d. H. -הֲ); 3rd person plural הֵקַלּוּ Ezekiel 22:7; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָקֵל 1 Samuel 6:5; Imperative masculine singular; הָקֵל Exodus 18:22+; Infinitive construct id., Isaiah 23:9; Jonah 1:5; —
1. make light, lighten, יָקֵל אֶתיָֿדוֺ מֵעֲלֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 6:5; he will lighten his hand from upon you; with מֵעַל person alone, make light from upon one, lighten one's burden Exodus 18:22 (E), Jonah 1:5; 1 Kings 12:10 2 Chronicles 10:10; + מִן partitive 1 Kings 12:4, 9 2 Chronicles 10:4, 9.
2. treat with contempt, accusative of person 2 Samuel 19:44; Isaiah 23:9; Ezekiel 22:7; direct causative bring contempt, dishonour Isaiah 8:23 (opposed to הִכְבִּיד).
Pilp. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular.
1. shake קִלְקַל בַּחצִּים Ezekiel 21:26 (in divination).
2. (peculiarly) whet Ecclesiastes 10:10 (properly move quickly to and fro).
† Hithpalp. reflexive of 1 : Perfect 3rd person plural הִחְקַלְקָ֑לוּ Jeremiah 4:24 hills shook themselves, shook.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:8; 8:11; 8:11; 8:21; 8:21; 12:3; 16:4; 16:4; 16:5; 16:5

Exodus

18:22; 18:22; 21:17; 21:27; 22:27

Leviticus

19:14; 20:9; 24:11; 24:14; 24:15; 24:23

Joshua

24:9

Judges

9:27

1 Samuel

2:30; 2:30; 3:13; 6:5; 6:5; 17:43; 18:23

2 Samuel

1:23; 6:22; 6:22; 16:5; 16:7; 16:9; 16:10; 16:10; 16:11; 16:13; 19:22

1 Kings

2:8; 12:4; 12:9; 12:10; 16:31

2 Kings

2:24; 3:18; 3:18; 20:10; 20:10

2 Chronicles

10:4; 10:9; 10:10

Job

3:1; 7:6; 9:25; 24:18; 40:4

Psalms

37:22; 62:5; 109:28

Proverbs

14:6; 14:6

Ecclesiastes

10:10

Isaiah

8:21; 23:9; 23:9; 30:16; 30:16; 49:6; 65:20

Jeremiah

4:13; 4:24; 6:14; 6:14; 8:11; 15:10

Ezekiel

8:17; 21:26; 22:7; 22:7

Jonah

1:5; 1:5

Nahum

1:14

Habakkuk

1:8

H7043

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7043 matches the Hebrew קָלַל (qālal),
which occurs 82 times in 79 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 8:8–Job 24:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:8 - Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated H7043 from the face of the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - The dove came to him toward [fn]evening, and behold, in her [fn]beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated H7043 from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said [fn]to Himself, “I will never again curse H7043 the ground on account of man, for the [fn]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again [fn]destroy every living thing, as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who [fn]curses H7043 you I will [fn]curse.
And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:4 - He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised H7043 in her sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your [fn]arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised H7043 in her [fn]sight. May the LORD judge between [fn]you and me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - “Let them judge the people at all times; and let it be that every major [fn]dispute they will bring to you, but every minor [fn]dispute they themselves will judge. So it will be easier H7043 for you, and they will bear the burden with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:17 - “He who curses H7043 his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - “You shall not [fn]curse H7043 God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - ‘You shall not curse H7043 a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9 - ‘If there is anyone who curses H7043 his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed H7043 his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. H7043 So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:14 - “Bring the one who has cursed H7043 outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:15 - “You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone curses H7043 his God, then he will bear his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - Then Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed H7043 outside the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the sons of Israel did, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - because they did not meet you with [fn]food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of [fn]Mesopotamia, to curse H7043 you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - ‘Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse H7043 you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - They went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them, and held a [fn]festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed H7043 Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore the LORD God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now the LORD declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly H7043 esteemed. H7043

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - “For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought H7043 a curse H7043 on themselves and he did not rebuke them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - “So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ease H7043 His hand from you, your gods, and your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed H7043 David by his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - So Saul’s servants spoke these words [fn]to David. But David said, “Is it trivial H7043 in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - “Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life,
And in their death they were not parted;
They were swifter H7043 than eagles,
They were stronger than lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:22 - “I will be more lightly H7043 esteemed H7043 than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be distinguished.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 - When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing H7043 continually as he came.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - Thus Shimei said when he cursed, H7043 “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse H7043 my lord the king? Let me go over now and [fn]cut off his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - But the king said, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, H7043 and if the LORD has told him, ‘Curse H7043 David,’ then who shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out from [fn]me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, H7043 for the LORD has told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:13 - So David and his men went on the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside parallel with him and as he went he cursed H7043 and cast stones and threw dust at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah said, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed H7043 the LORD’S anointed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “[fn]We have ten parts in the king, therefore [fn]we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat H7043 us with contempt? H7043 Was it not [fn]our advice first to bring back [fn]our king?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - “Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed H7043 me with a [fn]violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten H7043 the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten H7043 the yoke which your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make H7043 it lighter H7043 for us!’ But you shall speak to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - It came about, as though it had been a trivial H7043 thing H7043 for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed H7043 them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of [fn]their number.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:18 - ‘This is but a slight H7043 thing H7043 in the sight of the LORD; He will also give the Moabites into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - So Hezekiah [fn]answered, “It is easy H7043 for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten H7043 the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten H7043 the yoke which your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make H7043 it lighter H7043 for us.’ Thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse H7043 them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I contended with them and cursed H7043 them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:1 - Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed H7043 [fn]the day of his birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - “My days are swifter H7043 than a weaver’s shuttle,
And come to an end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:25 - “Now my days are swifter H7043 than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18 - “They are [fn]insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed H7043 on the earth.
They do not turn [fn]toward the vineyards.

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