Definition

properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin

Etymology

from H1809 (דָּלַל);

Where the KJV renders it

• lean
• needy
• poor (man)
• weaker

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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