Definition

properly, to dangle, i.e. to let down abucket (for drawing out water); figuratively, to deliver

Etymology

a primitive root (compare H1809 (דָּלַל));

Word family

• דָּלַל dâlal

How the KJV renders it

• draw (out)
• enough
• lift up

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.