ʼâmal — H535

H535 · Hebrew — אמל

Pronunciation: aw-mal'

Definition

verb

to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn

  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

Usually translated as

languish, be weak, wax feeble

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

ʼâmal occurs 16 times in 14 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Joel (2), Nahum (1)

Strong's Lexicon — A