Strong H21512 sensesזָלַל

be vile · to shake

Transliteration
zâlal
Pronunciation
zaw-lal'

The 2 senses of Strong H2151

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2151 appears in 8 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. be vileH2151Bto be worthless, be vile, be insignificant, be light6 verses · 4 books
  2. to shakeH2151A(Qal) to shake, tremble, quake2 verses · Isaiah

General definition

A primitive root (compare H2107); to shake (as in the {wind}) that {is} to quake; figuratively to be loose {morally} worthless or prodigal: - blow {down} {glutton} riotous ({eater}) vile.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • flow2
  • glutton2
  • vile2
  • eater1
  • riotous1

First verses

  1. Deuteronomy 21:20
    And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
  2. Proverbs 23:20
    Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
  3. Proverbs 23:21
    For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  4. Proverbs 28:7
    Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
  5. Isaiah 64:1
    Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
  6. Isaiah 64:3
    When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
  7. Jeremiah 15:19
    Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
  8. Lamentations 1:11
    All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.