Difference between revisions of "Darling"

== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50596" /> ==

<p> <strong> [[Darling]] </strong> . &nbsp; Psalms 22:20 ‘Deliver my darling from the power of the dog’; &nbsp; Psalms 35:17 ‘rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.’ The Heb. word ( <em> yâhîdh </em> ) means an only son. In the Psalms it is used poetically of the psalmist’s own life, as his unique and priceless possession. </p>

== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_107380" /> ==

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) [[Dearly]] beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) One dearly beloved; a favorite. </p>

<p> D'ARLING, a. Dearly beloved favorite regarded with great kindness and tenderness as a darling child a darling science. </p> <p> D'ARLING, n. One much beloved a favorite as, that son was the darling of his father. </p>

== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31155" /> ==

&nbsp;Psalm 22:20&nbsp;35:17

<p> ''''' dar´ling ''''' ( יחיד , <i> ''''' yāḥı̄dh ''''' </i> , "only," the King James Version margin, "only one"; the American Revised Version, margin, " <i> dear </i> life"): Used poetically for the life or soul (&nbsp; Psalm 22:20; &nbsp;Psalm 35:17 ). </p>

<p> ( '''''יָחַיד''''' , ''Yachid''' , only, hence beloved) stands (&nbsp;Psalms 22:21; &nbsp;Psalms 35:17) for life (as a thing not to be replaced); hence ''Self'' (like '''''נֶפֶשׁ''''' , soul; comp. "dear me"). </p>

<ref name="term_50596"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/darling Darling from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

<ref name="term_107380"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/darling Darling from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_31155"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/darling Darling from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>