Strong's Hebrew · H1817

H1817 deleth

דֶּלֶת

deh'-leth

door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).

Looking for Greek G1817 exanístēmi? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1817. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

When deleth is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor

Derivation

from H1802 (דָּלָה);

Appears 88 times in Scripture

Genesis 19:10

“But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.”

Malachi 1:10

““Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.”

2 Kings 12:9

“Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.”

Genesis 19:9

““Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.”

Job 3:10

“For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.”

Judges 19:22

“While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!””

Genesis 19:6

“Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.”

2 Chronicles 28:24

“Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.”

1 Kings 16:34

“In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.”

Exodus 21:6

“then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.”

When deleth is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what deleth means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Genesis 19:10 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

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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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