H1809: דָּלַל
dâlal · pronounced daw-lal' · “to languish”
Definition
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
KJV translates it as: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
Word origin: a primitive root (compare H1802 (דָּלָה));
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1809 is translated
- they hang down ×2
- it became low ×1
- we have become low ×1
- i had become low ×1
- i have become low ×1
- it will become low ×1
- they will be low ×1
- they are cast down ×1
Bible verses with H1809 (dâlal)
Dâlal appears in 9 verses.
- Judges 6:6
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
- Job 28:4
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
- Psalms 79:8
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
- Psalms 116:6
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
- Psalms 142:6
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
- Proverbs 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Isaiah 17:4
And 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 19:6
And 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 38:14
Like 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.