Strong H1814דָּלַק

to burn/pursue

Transliteration
dâlaq
Pronunciation
daw-lak'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to flame (literally or figuratively): - {burning} {chase} {inflame} {kindle} persecute ({-or}) pursue hotly.

Detailed definition

1) to burn, hotly pursue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to burn
1a2) to hotly pursue
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to kindle
1b2) to inflame
Aramaic equivalent: de.laq (דְּלַק "to burn" H1815)

In the Bible

Strong H1814 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • kindle2
  • burn1
  • chase1
  • inflame1
  • persecute1
  • persecutor1
  • pursue1
  • pursued1

First verses

  1. Genesis 31:36
    And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
  2. 1 Samuel 17:53
    And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
  3. Psalms 7:13
    He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
  4. Psalms 10:2
    The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
  5. Proverbs 26:23
    Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
  6. Isaiah 5:11
    Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
  7. Lamentations 4:19
    Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
  8. Ezekiel 24:10
    Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
  9. Obadiah 1:18
    And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it.
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