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קָלַל
qâlal · Hebrew · Strong's H7043 · 82 occurrences
The KJV renders 43 different Hebrew and Greek words as “make”
What it means
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
abate, make bright, bring into contempt, accurse, despise, easey, ier, be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set lighten, ly afflict, ly esteem, thing, be swift, be more, revile, whet
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“make”
also renders kataskeuázō (G2680), procheirízomai (G4400), poiéō (G4160), synistáō (G4921), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), speúdō (G4692), synteléō (G4931), diatíthemai (G1303), perisseúō (G4052), kathístēmi (G2525), gennáō (G1080), ktízō (G2936), symbállō (G4820), ʼârak (H748), bûwsh (H954), bᵉnâʼ (H1124), bᵉʻâʼ (H1156), bârâʼ (H1254), gâdal (H1431), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), hârag (H2026), chûwl (H2342), yâdaʻ (H3045), yâçaph (H3254), nâthan (H5414), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻâmaq (H6009), ʻâtsab (H6087), ʻâsâh (H6213), ʻâshar (H6238), pâlaç (H6424), pâʻal (H6466), pâqad (H6485), pᵉshar (H6590), qûwm (H6966), râbâh (H7235), râphad (H7502), râqach (H7543), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896)
“thing”
also renders tìs (G5100), asthenḗs (G772), hágios (G40), mēdeís (G3367), tís (G5101), oudeís (G3762), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), nomízō (G3543), ʼômer (H562), gâdôwl (H1419), dâbâr (H1697), zûwr (H2114), chay (H2416), ṭûwb (H2898), yârêʼ (H3372), kôl (H3605), kᵉlîy (H3627), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), mᵉʻaṭ (H4592), niddâh (H5079), nephesh (H5315), ʻôsheq (H6233), piggûwl (H6292), qôdesh (H6944), qâsheh (H7186), raʻ (H7451), tahpukâh (H8419), tôwʻêbah (H8441)
“move”
“despise”
also renders kataphronéō (G2706), oligōréō (G3643), periphronéō (G4065), atimázō (G818), exouthenéō (G1848), athetéō (G114), bûwz (H936), bâzâh (H959), mâʼaç (H3988), nâʼats (H5006)
“revile”
also renders oneidízō (G3679), blasphēméō (G987), loidoréō (G3058)
“abate”
also renders gâraʻ (H1639), râphâh (H7503)
“be a”
also renders kataischýnō (G2617), koimáō (G2837)
“be more”
also renders ʻâtsam (H6105), râbab (H7231)
“whet”
also renders lâṭash (H3913), shânan (H8150)
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Where it appears
82 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 2:8 · HVpp3ms/Sp1cs
“Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’
1 Kings 12:4 · HVhv2ms
“Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
1 Kings 12:9 · HVhv2ms
He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may answer these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter’?”
1 Kings 12:10 · HVhv2ms
The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us’—tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
1 Kings 16:31 · HTi/VNp3ms
As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.
1 Samuel 2:30 · HVqi3mp
“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
1 Samuel 3:13 HVprmpa1 Samuel 6:5 HVhi3ms1 Samuel 17:43 HC/Vpw3ms1 Samuel 18:23 HTi/VNrfsa2 Chronicles 10:4 HVhv2ms2 Chronicles 10:9 HVhv2ms2 Chronicles 10:10 HVhv2ms2 Kings 2:24 HC/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp2 Kings 3:18 HC/VNq3ms2 Kings 20:10 HVNp3ms2 Samuel 1:23 HVqp3cp2 Samuel 6:22 HC/VNq1cs2 Samuel 16:5 HC/Vprmsa2 Samuel 16:7 HR/Vpc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 16:9 HVpi3ms2 Samuel 16:10 HVpi3ms2 Samuel 16:11 HC/Vpi3ms2 Samuel 16:13 HC/Vpw3ms2 Samuel 19:21 HVpp3ms2 Samuel 19:43 HVhp2ms/Sp1csDeuteronomy 23:4 HR/Vpc/Sp2msEcclesiastes 7:21 HVprmsc/Sp2msEcclesiastes 7:22 HVpp2msEcclesiastes 10:10 HVlp3msEcclesiastes 10:20 HVpj2msExodus 18:22 HC/Vhv2msExodus 21:17 HC/VprmsaExodus 22:28 HVpi2msEzekiel 8:17 HTi/VNp3msEzekiel 21:21 HVlp3msEzekiel 22:7 HVhp3cpGenesis 8:8 HTi/Vqp3cpGenesis 8:11 HVqp3cpGenesis 8:21 HR/VpcGenesis 12:3 HC/Vprmsc/Sp2msGenesis 16:4 HC/Vqw3fsGenesis 16:5 HC/Vqw1csHabakkuk 1:8 HC/Vqp3cpIsaiah 8:21 HC/Vpq3msIsaiah 9:1 HVhp3msIsaiah 23:9 HR/VhcIsaiah 30:16 HVNi3mpIsaiah 49:6 HVNp3msIsaiah 65:20 HVPi3msJudges 9:27 HC/Vpw3mpJeremiah 4:13 HVqp3cpJeremiah 4:24 HVfp3cpJeremiah 6:14 HVNsfsaJeremiah 8:11 HVNsfsaJeremiah 15:10 HVprmpc/Sp1csJob 3:1 HC/Vpw3msJob 7:6 HVqp3cpJob 9:25 HVqp3cpJob 24:18 HVPi3fs
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