Hebrew adjective · H7031
קַל
qalkal
swift
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7031is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7031
light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
The King James renders it: light, swift(-ly).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
qal is rendered "swift". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Four of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 2:18The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
2 Samuel 2:18קַ֣ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's thirteen uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- swift9
- and a swift1
- from a swift1
- the swift1
- to the swift1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- קַ֣ל3
- הַקַּ֔ל1
- וְקַ֥ל1
- לַקַּלִּ֨ים1
- מִקָּ֔ל1
- קַ֥ל1
- קַל֙1
- קַֽל־1
- קַלָּ֖ה1
- קַלִּ֗ים1
- קַלִּ֤ים1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular6HAamsa
- adjective · masculine plural2HAampa
- adjective · feminine singular1HAafsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1HC/Aamsa
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular1HR/Aamsa
- preposition with the article + adjective · masculine plural1HRd/Aampa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular1HTd/Aamsa
2 Samuel
one use
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
- קַ֣לkaladjective · masculine singulartagged: swift
Job
one use
They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
- קַֽל־kal-adjective · masculine singulartagged: swift
Ecclesiastes
one use
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
- לַקַּלִּ֨יםlakalimpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: to the swift
Isaiah
four uses
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
- קַ֥לkaladjective · masculine singulartagged: swift
which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
- קַלִּ֗יםkalimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: swift
This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
- קַל֙kaladjective · masculine singulartagged: swift
“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
- קַ֣לkaladjective · masculine singulartagged: swift
Jeremiah
two uses
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
- קַלָּ֖הkalahadjective · feminine singulartagged: swift
“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
- הַקַּ֔לhakalthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the swift
Lamentations
one use
Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
- קַלִּ֤יםkalimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: swift
Joel
one use
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
- קַ֣לkaladjective · masculine singulartagged: swift
Amos
two uses
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
- מִקָּ֔לmikalpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from a swift
The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
- וְקַ֥לvekalconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and a swift
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.