Strong H7034קָלָה

to dishonor

Transliteration: qâlâh
Pronunciation: kaw-law'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

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.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: to dishonor

Exact lexical definition: be lightly esteemed

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: [ קָלָה ] vb . Niph . be lightly esteemed , dishonoured Hiph . treat with contempt , dishonour

In the Bible

Strong H7034 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

base1
contemn1
despise1
esteem1
light1
vile1

First verses

Deuteronomy 25:3
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
1 Samuel 18:23
And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
Proverbs 12:9
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Isaiah 3:5
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Isaiah 16:14
But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

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