Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
swift
Usage: 1) swift, light, fleet 1a) swift 1b) one who is swift
Qal means “light” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7031 קַל (qal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qal (kal) adj. 1. light 2. (by implication) rapid (also adverbial) It has 13 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include swift and light. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
qal (kal) adj. 1. light 2. (by implication) rapid (also adverbial) [contracted from H7043] KJV: light, swift(-ly). Root(s): H7043
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swift
Usage: 1) swift, light, fleet 1a) swift 1b) one who is swift
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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13 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
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 understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7031.
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
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 understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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:
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 people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
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 heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
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.
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 her ways;
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
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 speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7031, grouped by book.
Qal (Strong's H7031) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "light". qal (kal) adj. 1. light 2. (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's H7031 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7031 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as swift and light. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.