Strong's Hebrew · H1814

דָּלַק

dâlaq · daw-lak'

burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly.

Definition

to flame (literally or figuratively)

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 9 times in Scripture

Psalms 7:13

He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.

Obadiah 1:18

Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.

Proverbs 26:23

Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

Genesis 31:36

Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

Ezekiel 24:10

Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.

Lamentations 4:19

Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

1 Samuel 17:53

When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.

Psalms 10:2

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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