Strong H1809דָּלַל
to languish
- Transliteration
- dâlal
- Pronunciation
- daw-lal'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root (compare H1802); to slacken or be feeble; figuratively to be oppressed: - bring {low} dry {up} be {emptied} be not {equal} {fail} be {impoverished} be made thin.
Detailed definition
1) to hang, languish, hang down, be low
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hang low
1a2) to be low
1a3) of distress (fig.)
1a4) to languish, look weakly (of eyes)
1b) (Niphal) to be brought low, be laid low
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hang low
1a2) to be low
1a3) of distress (fig.)
1a4) to languish, look weakly (of eyes)
1b) (Niphal) to be brought low, be laid low
In the Bible
Strong H1809 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bring3
- low2
- be1
- dry1
- empty1
- fail1
- impoverish1
- make1
First verses
- Judges 6:6And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
- Job 28:4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
- Psalms 79:8O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
- Psalms 116:6The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
- Psalms 142:6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
- Proverbs 26:7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Isaiah 17:4And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
- Isaiah 19:6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
- Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.