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Weak

אֲמֵלָלStrong’s H0537

amelal (a-me-lal)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Amelal is the Hebrew word usually translated “feeble”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?”
Nehemiah 4:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. Weak, feeble
How it's translated
  • feeble 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Nehemiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    אֲמֵלָל amelal · weak

    weak, feeble

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “weak” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    WEAK, adjective

    [G. The primary sense of the root is to yield, fail, give way, recede, or to be soft.]

    1. Having little physical strength; feeble.
    2. Infirm; not healthy; as a weak constitution.
    3. Not able to bear a great weight; as a weak bridge; weak timber.
    4. Not strong; not compact; easily broken; as a weak ship; a weak rope.
    All definitions and other forms of “weak”
    1. Not able to resist a violent attack; as a weak fortress.
    2. Soft; pliant; not stiff.
    3. Low; small; feeble; as a weak voice.
    4. Feeble of mind; wanting spirit; wanting vigor of understanding; as a weak prince; a weak magistrate.
    5. Not much impregnated with ingredients, or with things that excite action, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; as weak broth; weak tea; weak toddy; a weak solution; a weak decoction.
    6. Not politically powerful; as a weak nation or state.
    7. Not having force of authority or energy; as a weak government.
    8. Not having moral force or power to convince; not well supported by truth or reason; as a weak argument.
    9. Not well supported by argument; as weak reasoning.
    10. Unfortified; accessible; impressible; as the weak side of a person.
    11. Not having full conviction or confidence; as weak in faith.
    12. weak land is land of a light thin soil. [I believe never used in New England.]

    WEAK, verb transitive

    To make weak [Not used.]

      WEAK, verb intransitive

      To become weak [Not used.]

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.