דָּלַק dâlaq
Meaning
to flame (literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version: burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly.
Derivation: a primitive root;
Where it is used
- 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?
- 1 Samuel 17:53 When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
- Psalms 7:13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
- Psalms 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Proverbs 26:23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.