Word Study · Strong's H2151 · Hebrew
זָלַל
zalal
zaw-lal'
Strong's 1890 spelling: zâlal
“to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal
Rendered in the KJV as
blow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- נָזֹֽלּוּ׃2
- בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖י1
- וְ֭זוֹלֵל1
- זוֹלֵ֖ל1
- זוֹלֵלָֽה׃ ס1
- זֽ֝וֹלְלִ֗ים1
- מִזּוֹלֵ֖ל1
How it is rendered · 7
- they shook2
- a glutton1
- among gluttons of1
- and a glutton1
- despised1
- from [the] worthless1
- gluttons1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVNp3cp · 2
- HC/Vqrmsa · 1
- HR/Vqrmpc · 1
- HR/Vqrmsa · 1
- HVqrfsa · 1
- HVqrmpa · 1
- HVqrmsa · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Proverbs3 of 8 · 38%
- Isaiah2 of 8 · 25%
- Deuteronomy1 of 8 · 13%
- Jeremiah1 of 8 · 13%
- Lamentations1 of 8 · 13%
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Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 23:20בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖יbezolaleipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.here: among gluttons of
- Proverbs 23:21וְ֭זוֹלֵלvezolelconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFor the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.here: and a glutton
- Proverbs 28:7זֽ֝וֹלְלִ֗יםzolimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralA discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.here: gluttons
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 64:1נָזֹֽלּוּ׃nazoluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralIf only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,here: they shook
- Isaiah 64:3נָזֹֽלּוּ׃nazoluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralWhen You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.here: they shook