# קָלָה (qalah)

Israeli respelling: qa-lah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7034. 6 Old Testament occurrences.

to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)

King James renderings: base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qalah-h7034

## Occurrences

- [Deuteronomy 25:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 shou…
- [Deuteronomy 27:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, seei…
- [Proverbs 12:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/12/9) — He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
- [Isaiah 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Isaiah 16:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t…