Dalal means “bring low” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1809 — exaiteomai (“desire”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1809 דָּלַל (dalal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. dalal (daw-lal') v. 1. to slacken or be feeble 2. (figuratively) to be oppressed It has 9 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include low, impoverished, equal, made, and emptied. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
dalal (daw-lal') v. 1. to slacken or be feeble 2. (figuratively) to be oppressed [a primitive root] KJV: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin. Compare: H1802
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1809. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to languish
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render dalal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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9 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1809.
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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.
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.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1809, grouped by book.
Dalal (Strong's H1809) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bring low". dalal (daw-lal') v. 1. to slacken or be feeble 2. (figuratively) to be oppressed
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's H1809 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1809 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as low, impoverished, equal, made, emptied, and oppressed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.