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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 were full have hired themselves out for bread,
And the hungry have ceased to hunger.
Even the barren has borne seven,
And she who has many children has become feeble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon languish,
And the vine of Sibmah;
The lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants,
Which have reached to Jazer
And wandered through the wilderness.
Her branches are stretched out,
They are gone over the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen also will mourn;
All those will lament who cast hooks into the River,
And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth mourns and fades away,
The world languishes and fades away;
The haughty people of the earth languish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new wine fails, the vine languishes,
All the merry-hearted sigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The earth mourns and languishes,
Lebanon is shamed and shriveled;
Sharon is like a wilderness,
And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - “Judah mourns,
And her gates languish;
They mourn for the land,
And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 - “She languishes who has borne seven;
She has breathed her last;
Her sun has gone down
While it was yet day;
She has been ashamed and confounded.
And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword
Before their enemies,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD has purposed to destroy
The wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out a line;
He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying;
Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament;
They languished together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30 - “How degenerate is your heart!” says the Lord GOD, “seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore the land will mourn;
And everyone who dwells there will waste away
With the beasts of the field
And the birds of the air;
Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The field is wasted,
The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine is dried up,
The oil fails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:12 - The vine has dried up,
And the fig tree has withered;
The pomegranate tree,
The palm tree also,
And the apple tree—
All the trees of the field are withered;
Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:4 - He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel wither,
And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
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