דַּל dal

Hebrew word for “poor” · Strong’s H1800 · used 47 times in 46 verses

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Meaning

low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low

How it is translated

Glosses given for dal in context, with how often each is used:

• poor 17
• poor people 16
• poor person 11
• weak 3

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Proverbs 28 (4), Proverbs 22 (3), Job 20 (2), Job 34 (2), Psalms 82 (2), Proverbs 19 (2), Proverbs 29 (2), Exodus 23 (1), Exodus 30 (1), Leviticus 14 (1)

Forms

• דל 20
• דלים 16
• ודל 4
• לדל 3
• והדל 1
• הדל 1
• ודלים 1
• הדלים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֶבְיוֹן evyon “needy” 9
• עָנִי ani “afflicted” 6
• עָשִׁיר ashir “rich” 5
• עָשַׁק ashaq “to oppress” 4
• הוֹן hon “substance” 3
• גָּזַל gazal “to plunder” 3
• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 4
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 4
• חָנַן chanan “be gracious” 3
• עָפָר aphar “dust” 3
• הָדַר hadar “to honor” 2
• אַשְׁפֹּת ashpot “Dung (Gate)” 2

Key verses

The verses using dal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou…
• 1 Samuel 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory:…
• Job 31:16 — If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
• Job 34:19 — How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
• Psalms 41:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Psalms 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
• Proverbs 14:31 — He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
• Proverbs 19:17 — He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
• Isaiah 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and…
• Isaiah 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the…
• Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and…
• Amos 5:11 — Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.