Strong's Hebrew · H2151

זָלַל

zâlal · zaw-lal'

blow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.

Definition

to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H2107 (זוּל));

Appears 9 times in Scripture

Proverbs 23:20

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Isaiah 64:3

When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.

Proverbs 28:7

A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

Isaiah 64:1

If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,

Lamentations 1:11

All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

Deuteronomy 21:20

and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

Jeremiah 2:36

How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

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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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