קַל qal
Hebrew word for “swift” · Strong’s H7031 · used 13 times in 13 verses
Meaning
1) swift, light, fleet; 1a) swift; 1b) one who is swift
How it is translated
Glosses given for qal in context, with how often each is used:
- swift 9
- swift horses 1
- swift one 1
- swift person 1
- person swift 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 2 | 1.0 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Amos 2 (2), 2 Samuel 2 (1), Job 24 (1), Ecclesiastes 9 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Isaiah 18 (1), Isaiah 19 (1), Isaiah 30 (1), Jeremiah 2 (1), Jeremiah 46 (1)
Forms
- קל 6
- קלים 2
- לקלים 1
- קלה 1
- הקל 1
- מקל 1
- וקל 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רָכַב rakhav “to ride” 3
- מָלַט malat “to escape” 3
- גִּבּוֹר gibbor “mighty man” 3
- מְהֵרָה meherah “haste” 2
- קָלַל qalal “to lighten” 2
- נָהָר nahar “river” 2
- סוּס sus “horse” 2
- רָדַף radaph “to pursue” 2
- נוּס nus “to flee” 2
- רֶגֶל regel “foot” 2
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 2
- מַי mayim “water” 2
Key verses
The verses using qal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Samuel 2:18 — And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
- Job 24:18 — He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of…
- Isaiah 5:26 — And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
- Isaiah 18:2 — That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a…
- Isaiah 19:1 — The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the…
- Isaiah 30:16 — But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
- Jeremiah 2:23 — How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing…
- Jeremiah 46:6 — Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
- Lamentations 4:19 — Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
- Joel 3:4 — Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and…
- Amos 2:14 — Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
See all 13 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.