Occurrences
Qal occurs 13 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Job (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Joel (1), Amos (2)
- 2 Samuel 2:18 — And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light (קַ֣ל) of foot as a wild roe.
- Job 24:18 — He is swift (קַֽל) as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift (לַקַּלִּ֨ים), 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.
- Isaiah 5:26 — 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 (קַ֥ל):
- Isaiah 18:2 — That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift (קַלִּ֗ים) 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!
- Isaiah 19:1 — The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift (קַל֙) 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.
- Isaiah 30:16 — But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift (קַ֣ל); therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
- Jeremiah 2:23 — 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 (קַלָּ֖ה) dromedary traversing her ways;
- Jeremiah 46:6 — Let not the swift (הַקַּ֔ל) flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
- Lamentations 4:19 — Our persecutors are swifter (קַלִּ֤ים) than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
- Joel 3:4 — 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 (קַ֣ל) and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
- Amos 2:14 — Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift (מִקָּ֔ל), and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
- Amos 2:15 — Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift (וְקַ֥ל) of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.