Worthless
קְלֹקֵלStrong’s H7052qeloqel (qe-lo-qel)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Qeloqel is the Hebrew word usually translated “worthless”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.”
Meaning
- Contemptible, worthless
How it's translated
- worthless 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
קְלֹקֵל qeloqel · worthless
contemptible, worthless
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “worthless” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WORTHLESS, adjective
- Having no value; as a worthless garment; a worthless ship.
- Having no value of character or no virtue; as a worthless man or woman.
- Having no dignity or excellence; as a worthless magistrate.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.