1) swift, light, fleet 1a) swift 1b) one who is swift
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H7031 — קַל
qal · swift · Hebrew/Aramaic
12 tagged verse occurrences
2 Samuel 2:18 · קַ֣לThe three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.Job 24:18 · קַֽל־“They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards.Ecclesiastes 9:11 · לַקַּלִּ֨יםI 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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.Isaiah 5:26 · קַ֥לHe will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.Isaiah 18:2 · קַלִּ֗יםthat sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, “Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!”Isaiah 19:1 · קַל֙The burden of Egypt: “Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.Isaiah 30:16 · קַ֣לbut you said, “No, for we will flee on horses;” therefore you will flee; and, “We will ride on the swift;” therefore those who pursue you will be swift.Jeremiah 2:23 · קַלָּ֖ה“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;Jeremiah 46:6 · הַקַּ֔לDon’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.Lamentations 4:19 · קַלִּ֤יםOur pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.Amos 2:14 · מִקָּ֔לFlight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;Amos 2:15 · וְקַ֥לneither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won’t escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;