To languish
דָּלַלStrong’s H1809dalal (da-lal)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dalal is the Hebrew word usually translated “hang down”, “it became low” and “we have become low”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.”
Meaning
- To hang, languish, hang down, be low(Qal) · (Niphal) to be brought low, be laid low
How it's translated
- they hang down 2
- and 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
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Isaiah 3
- Judges 1
- Job 1
- Proverbs 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 28:4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
- Psalms 79:8O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
- Psalms 116:6The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
- Psalms 142:6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
- Proverbs 26:7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Isaiah 17:4And 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.
Hebrew dictionary
דָּלַל dalal · to languish
1) to hang, languish, hang down, be low 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “languish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LAN'GUISH, verb intransitive
[Latin langueo, lachinisso; Gr. to flag, to lag. Latin laxo, laxus, flacceo.]
- To lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine; to be or to grow heavy.“She that hath borne seven languisheth” Jeremiah 15:9
- To wither; to fade; to lose the vegetating power.
- To grow dull; to be no longer active and vigorous.
- To pine or sink under sorrow or any continued passion; as, a woman languishes for the loss of her lover.
All definitions and other forms of “languish”
- To look with softness or tenderness, as with the head reclined and a peculiar cast of the eye.
LAN'GUISH, verb transitive
To cause to droop or pine. [Little used.]
LAN'GUISH, noun
Act of pining; also, a soft and tender look or appearance.
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.