Strong H535אָמַל

be weak

Transliteration
'âmal
Pronunciation
aw-mal'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to droop; by implication to be {sick} to mourn: - {languish} be {weak} wax feeble.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: to weaken

Exact lexical definition: be weak

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: [ אָמַל ] vb . be weak , languish Qal how weak is thy heart! Pu‛l . be or grow feeble , languish

In the Bible

Strong H535 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • languisheth7
  • languish2
  • do1
  • shall1
  • therein1
  • thereof1
  • wax1
  • weak1

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 2:5
    They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
  2. Isaiah 16:8
    For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
  3. Isaiah 19:8
    The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
  4. Isaiah 24:4
    The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
  5. Isaiah 24:7
    The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
  6. Isaiah 33:9
    The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
  7. Jeremiah 14:2
    Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
  8. Jeremiah 15:9
    She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.
  9. Lamentations 2:8
    The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
  10. Ezekiel 16:30
    How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
  11. Hosea 4:3
    Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
  12. Joel 1:10
    The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
  13. Joel 1:12
    The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
  14. Nahum 1:4
    He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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