Dâlîyâh — H1808

Definition

feminine noun

something dangling, i.e. a bough

1. branch, bough
1. of Israel (fig.) (used with olive tree, vine, cedar tree)

Usually translated as

branch

Origin

from H1802

• Derived from Dâlâh (H1802)

Greek equivalents

• kládos (G2798)
• klēma (G2814)

Occurrences

Dâlîyâh occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (7)

• Jeremiah 11:16 — The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches (דָּלִיּוֹתָֽיו) of it are broken.
• Ezekiel 17:6 — And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches (דָּלִיּוֹתָיו֙) turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
• Ezekiel 17:7 — There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches (וְדָֽלִיּוֹתָיו֙) toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
• Ezekiel 17:23 — In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches (דָּלִיּוֹתָ֖יו) thereof shall they dwell.
• Ezekiel 19:11 — And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches (דָּלִיֹּתָֽיו).
• Ezekiel 31:7 — Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches (דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו): for his root was by great waters.
• Ezekiel 31:9 — I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches (דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו): so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
• Ezekiel 31:12 — And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches (דָלִיּוֹתָ֗יו) are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.