אָמַל amal

Hebrew word for “to weaken” · Strong’s H535 · used 16 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

1) to be weak, to droop, to languish, to be exhausted;

How it is translated

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

• has languished 3
• have languished 2
• has dried out 2
• withers 2
• languishes 1
• has withered 1
• will languish 1
• languishing 1
• has grown feeble 1
• hot 1
• will wither 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 24 (2), Joel 1 (2), 1 Samuel 2 (1), Isaiah 16 (1), Isaiah 19 (1), Isaiah 33 (1), Jeremiah 14 (1), Jeremiah 15 (1), Lamentations 2 (1), Ezekiel 16 (1)

Forms

• אמללה 6
• אמלל 4
• אמללו 4
• אמלה 1
• ואמלל 1

Words used with it

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

• אָבַל aval “to mourn” 8
• יָבֵשׁ yavesh “to wither” 3
• גֶּפֶן gephen “vine” 3
• חָפֵר chapher “be ashamed” 2
• כַּרְמֶל karmel “Carmel” 2
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 3
• תִּירוֹשׁ tirosh “new wine” 2
• יָם yam “sea” 3
• בָּשָׁן bashan “Bashan” 2
• לְבָנוֹן levanon “Lebanon” 2
• בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 2
• שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 2

Key verses

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

• 1 Samuel 2:5 — They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children…
• Isaiah 16:8 — For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto…
• Isaiah 24:4 — The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
• Isaiah 24:7 — The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
• Isaiah 33:9 — The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
• Jeremiah 14:2 — Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
• Jeremiah 15:9 — She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the…
• Lamentations 2:8 — The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he…
• Hosea 4:3 — Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes…
• Joel 1:10 — The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
• Joel 1:12 — The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are…
• Nahum 1:4 — He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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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.