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Lexicon :: Strong's H535 - 'āmal

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אָמַל
Transliteration
'āmal
Pronunciation
aw-mal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 114

Strong’s Definitions

אָמַל ʼâmal, aw-mal'; a primitive root; to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn:—languish, be weak, wax feeble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H535 in the following manner: languish (14x), feeble (1x), weak (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H535 in the following manner: languish (14x), feeble (1x), weak (1x).

  1. to be weak, to droop, to languish, to be exhausted

    1. (Qal) pass participle (of the heart)

      1. to be weak

      2. to droop

    2. (Pulal)

      1. to be or grow feeble

      2. to languish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָמַל ʼâmal, aw-mal'; a primitive root; to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn:—languish, be weak, wax feeble.
STRONGS H535: Abbreviations
† [אָמַל] verb be weak, languish (compare Arabic أَمَلَ hope, expect).
Qal Participle passive feminine מָה אֲמֻלָה לִכָּתֵךְ how weak is thy heart! Ezekiel 16:30 (but < Co מַה־לִּי וְלִבְרִיתֵח);
Pu`l. Perfect אֻמְלַל Joel 1:10 +; אֻמְלְלָה Isaiah 33:9 +; אֻמְלְלוּ Jeremiah 14:2 etc.; — be or grow feeble, languish; of loss of fertility (woman) 1 Samuel 2:5; Jeremiah 15:19; of fisherman whose trade fails Isaiah 19:8 || אנה, אבל); in Genl. of inhabitants of smitten land Hosea 4:3 (|| תֶּאֱבַל הָאָרֶץ); Isaiah 24:4 compare below usually subject inanimate, personified; שַׁדְמוֺת חֶשְׁבּוֺן Isaiah 16:8; compare Nahum 1:4 (twice in verse); תֵּבֵל Isaiah 24:4 (|| נבל, אבל); אֶרֶץ Isaiah 33:9 (|| אבל); subject גֶּפֶן Isaiah 24:7 (|| אָבַל תִּירוֺשׁ; יִצְּהָר Joel 1:10 (|| שׁדד, אבל, הובישׁ; kindred subject); תְּאֵנָה Joel 1:12 (|| הַגֶּפֶן הוֺבִישָׁה); שְׁעָרִים Jeremiah 14:2 (|| אָֽבְלָה יְהוּדָה); compare Lamentations 2:8 וַיַּאֲבֶל־חֵל וְחוֺמָה יַחְדָּו אֻמְלָ֑לוּ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

2:5

Isaiah

16:8; 19:8; 24:4; 24:4; 24:7; 33:9; 33:9

Jeremiah

14:2; 14:2; 15:19

Lamentations

2:8

Ezekiel

16:30

Hosea

4:3

Joel

1:10; 1:10; 1:12

Nahum

1:4

H535

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H535 matches the Hebrew אָמַל ('āmal),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon are dried up, as well as the vines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations trample all over its vines, which reach Jazer and spread to the desert; their shoots spread out and cross the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen will mourn and lament, all those who cast a fishhook into the river, and those who spread out a net on the water's surface will grieve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the desert; Bashan and Carmel are parched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - "The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 - The mother who had seven children will grow faint. All the breath will go out of her. Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life. It will seem as if the sun had set while it was still day. She will suffer shame and humiliation. I will cause any of them who are still left alive to be killed in war by the onslaughts of their enemies," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD was determined to tear down Daughter Zion's wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. ט (Tet)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30 - "'How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign LORD, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The crops of the fields have been destroyed. The ground is in mourning because the grain has perished. The fresh wine has dried up; the olive oil languishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:12 - The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes - the pomegranate, date, and apple as well. In fact, all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people has dried up!

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:4 - He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers.
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