קְלָלָה qelalah

Hebrew word for “curse” · Strong’s H7045 · used 33 times in 33 verses

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Meaning

curse, vilification, execration

How it is translated

Glosses given for qelalah in context, with how often each is used:

• curse 31
• curses 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 11 (3), Jeremiah 44 (3), Genesis 27 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (2), Deuteronomy 30 (2), Psalms 109 (2), Deuteronomy 21 (1), Deuteronomy 23 (1), Deuteronomy 27 (1), Deuteronomy 29 (1)

Forms

• קללה 7
• ולקללה 7
• הקללה 5
• והקללה 4
• קללת 3
• הקללות 2
• לקללה 2
• קללתך 1
• וקללה 1
• קללתו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qelalah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בְּרָכָה berakhah “blessing” 10
• שַׁמָּה shammah “horror” 6
• חֶרְפָּה cherpah “reproach” 5
• זֶה zeh “this” 7
• חׇרְבָּה chorbah “desolation” 3
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 6
• שָׁם sham “there” 5
• אָנֹכִי anokhi “I” 4
• עֵיבָל eval “(Mount) Ebal” 2
• קוֹל qol “voice” 4
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 4
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 3

Key verses

The verses using qelalah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 28:15 — But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command…
• Deuteronomy 30:1 — And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind…
• Deuteronomy 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou…
• 2 Samuel 16:12 — It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
• 2 Kings 22:19 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants…
• Jeremiah 24:9 — And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places…
• Jeremiah 25:18 — To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a…
• Jeremiah 26:6 — Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
• Jeremiah 42:18 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be…
• Jeremiah 44:22 — So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a…
• Jeremiah 49:13 — For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be…
• Zechariah 8:13 — And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing:…

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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.