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
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.