Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1800: דַּל

dal · pronounced dal · “poor”

Definition

properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin

KJV translates it as: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.

Word origin: from H1809 (דָּלַל);

Extended definition

low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H1800 is translated

  • poor people ×15
  • the poor ×11
  • a poor person ×7
  • poor person ×4
  • poor ×4
  • weak ×3
  • is poor ×2
  • are poor people ×1

Bible verses with H1800 (dal)

Dal appears in 46 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Exodus 23:3

    Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

  • Exodus 30:15

    The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

  • Leviticus 14:21

    And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;

  • Leviticus 19:15

    Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

  • Judges 6:15

    And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.

  • Ruth 3:10

    And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

  • 1 Samuel 2:8

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

  • 2 Samuel 3:1

    Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

  • 2 Samuel 13:4

    And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

  • Job 5:16

    So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  • Job 20:10

    His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

  • Job 20:19

    Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

  • Job 31:16

    If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

  • Job 34:19

    How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

  • Job 34:28

    So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

  • Psalms 41:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

  • Psalms 72:13

    He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

  • Psalms 82:3

    Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

  • Psalms 82:4

    Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

  • Psalms 113:7

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

  • Proverbs 10:15

    The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Proverbs 14:31

    He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Proverbs 19:4

    Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

  • Proverbs 19:17

    He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  • Proverbs 21:13

    Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

All 46 references