Bible dictionaries
Darling
What Bible dictionaries say about “Darling”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Darling - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Ps. 22:20; 35:17) means an "only one."
Darling - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
D'ARLING, a. Dearly beloved; favorite; regarded with great kindness and tenderness; as a darling child; a darling science.
D'ARLING, n. One much beloved; a favorite; as, that son was the darling of his father.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
dar'-ling (yachidh, "only," the King James Version margin, "only one"; the American Revised Version, margin, "dear life"): Used poetically for the life or soul (Ps 22:20; 35:17).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915