H7034 קָלָה
qâlâh — to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)
KJV: base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile.
Occurs 6 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [קָלָה] vb. Niph. be lightly esteemed, dishonoured
- Hiph. treat with contempt, dishonour
Where it occurs
- Deuteronomy 25:3 — He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him…
- Deuteronomy 27:16 — ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- 1 Samuel 18:23 — Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s…
- Isaiah 3:5 — The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly…
- Isaiah 16:14 — But now the LORD has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of…
- Proverbs 12:9 — Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.