Poor
דַּלStrong’s H1800dal
Appears in 46 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dal is the Hebrew word usually translated “poor” and “weak”. It appears in 46 verses of the Old Testament.
“Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.”
Meaning
- Low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low
How it's translated
- poor 32
- a poor 4
- and a poor 3
- to poor 2
- and the poor 1
- the weak 1
- and weak 1
- weak 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 14
- Job 6
- Psalms 5
- Isaiah 5
- Amos 4
- Exodus 2
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 30:15The 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 14:21And 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 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Judges 6:15And 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 3:10And 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 2:8He 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.
All 46 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
דַּל dal · poor
low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “poor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
POOR, adjective
[Latin pauper.]
- Wholly destitute of property, or not having property sufficient for a comfortable subsistence; needy.
- In law, so destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
- Destitute of strength, beauty or dignity; barren; mean; jejune; as a poor composition; a poor essay; a poor discourse.
- Destitute of value, worth or importance; of little use; trifling.
All definitions
- Paltry; mean; of little value; as a poor coat; a poor house.
- Destitute of fertility; barren; exhausted; as poor land.
- Of little worth; unimportant; as in my poor opinion.
- Unhappy; pitiable.
- Mean; depressed; low; dejected; destitute of spirit.
- Lean; emaciated; as a poor horse.
- Small, or of a bad quality; as a poor crop; a poor harvest.
- Uncomfortable; restless; ill.
- Destitute of saving grace. Revelation 3:17
- In general, wanting good qualities, or the qualities which render a thing valuable, excellent, proper, or sufficient for its purpose; as a poor pen; a poor ship; a poor carriage; poor fruit; poor bread; poor wine, etc.
- A word of tenderness or pity; dear.
- A word of slight contempt; wretched.
- The poor collectively, used as a noun; those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy; in a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public.
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.