To languish
מָלַלStrong’s H5243malal (ma-lal)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Malal is the Hebrew word usually translated “withered”, “it withers” and “wither”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
Meaning
- To languish, wither, fade(Qal) to hang down, wither
How it's translated
- and he withered 1
- it withers 1
- they wither 1
- they will wither 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 3
- Psalms 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 18:16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
- Job 24:24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
- Psalms 37:2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Hebrew dictionary
מָלַל malal · to languish
1) to languish, wither, fade 1a) (Qal) to hang down, wither
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- To grow dull; to be no longer active and vigorous.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.