Definition

to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed

Etymology

a primitive root (compare H1802 (דָּלָה));

Word family

• דָּלָה dâlâh

How the KJV renders it

• bring low
• dry up
• be emptied
• be not equal
• fail
• be impoverished
• be made thin

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.