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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7049 - קָלַע

Transliteration

qâlaʻ

Phonetics

kaw-lah'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

2030,2031

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to sling, hurl forth
1. (Qal)
  1. to sling
  2. slinger (participle)
2. (Piel) to sling
(Qal) to carve

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 906 ‑ βάλλω (bal'‑lo); 1125 ‑ γράφω (graf'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (7)

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 3

Jeremiah 1

BSB (7)

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 3

Jeremiah 1

CSB (6)

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 3

Jeremiah 1

ESV (7)

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 3

Jeremiah 1

KJV (7)

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 3

Jeremiah 1

LEB (7)

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 3

Jeremiah 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (7)

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 3

Jeremiah 1

ASV (7)

and he carved 3

and slang 1

behold, i will sling 1

every one could sling 1

them shall he sling out 1

BSB (7)

and he carved 1

and slung it 1

could sling 1

he carved into them 1

he shall fling away 1

i will sling out 1

then he carved 1

CSB (6)

away 1

carved 2

sling 1

slinging out 1

slung 1

ESV (7)

carved 2

could sling 1

covered 1

sling out 1

slinging out 1

slung 1

KJV (7)

carved 3

out 1

slang 1

sling 2

LEB (7)

and slung it 1

could sling 1

he carved 2

he made 1

he will sling 1

look, i am about to sling out 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (7)

and he carved 1

and slung 1

everyone could sling 1

he carved 2

he will sling out 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2709) o l q (קלאה QLAh) AC: Hurl CO: Sling AB: ?: The hurling of a stone from sling. [from: lq- always carried by the shepherd in his bag for protection]

V) o l q (קלאה QLAh) - I. Hurl:To throw stones with a sling. II. Carve:To carve figures. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (7): (vf: Paal, Piel, Participle) sling, carve - Strongs: H7049 (קָלַע)

N^m) o l q (קלאה QLAh) - I. Sling:The sling used to throw stones. Also something that hangs like a sling. II. Slinger:One who slings stones. KJV (23): hanging, sling, leaves - Strongs: H7050 (קֶלַע), H7051 (קַלָּע)

h^f2) t o q m (מקלאהת MQLAhT) - Figure: A carved figure. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (4): carved, figures, carving, graving - Strongs: H4734 (מִקְלַעַת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [קָלַע] verb sling, hurl forth (Thes compare Arabic

sit insecurely (see also Frä²²⁴, Socin in Buhl^{Lex 13}), waver, whence

sail (loan-word Frä^l.c.), Jewish-Aramaic קַלְעָא id., Biblical Hebrew Late Hebrew קֶלַע curtain; thence hurl, sling; but this perhaps denominative (Soc^l.c.) from

loosened clod, compare Syriac

id. (Nö in Frä^l.c.); Arabic

sling, Eth

: id.; ᵑ7קְלַע verb sling, Syriac noun

sling); —

Qal Participle קֹלֵעַ בָּאֶבֶן אֶלֿ Judges 20:16 one slinging ( with) a stone at a hair; ׳קוֺ with accusative of person Jeremiah 10:18 I will sling forth the inhabitants.

Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִקַלַּע 1 Samuel 17:49 and he slang (that Isaiah , the stone); suffix יְקַלְּעֶנָּה 1 Samuel 25:29 he shall sling away (life of enemy).

II. קָלַע verb carve; —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ק: with 2accusative, carve walls with, 1 Kings 6:29; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + עַל 1 Kings 6:32; with accusative of thing carved 1 Kings 6:35.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

קָלַע

(1) to sling, to throw stones with a sling. Part. קוֹלֵעַ a slinger, Judges 20:16. Trop. to cast (a people) out of a country, Jeremiah 10:18.

(2) to grave, to sculpture, to engrave, 1 Kings 6:29, 32 1 Kings 6:32, 35 1 Kings 6:35 prop. to make slings, i.e. indentations like slings. [This signification is altogether separated in Thes.]

Piel, i.q. Kal. No. 1, 1 Samuel 17:49, 25:29.

Derivatives, מִקְלַעַת and

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List of Word Forms

וְקָלַ֣ע וְקָלַ֤ע וַיְקַלַּ֔ע ויקלע וקלע יְקַלְּעֶ֔נָּה יקלענה קָלַ֗ע קֹלֵ֧עַ קוֹלֵ֛עַ קולע קלע kaLa koLea qā·la‘ qāla‘ qō·lê·a‘ qō·w·lê·a‘ qōlêa‘ qōwlêa‘ vaykalLa vekaLa way·qal·la‘ wayqalla‘ wə·qā·la‘ wəqāla‘ yə·qal·lə·‘en·nāh yekalleEnnah yəqallə‘ennāh