Darling

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Psalm 22:20 35:17

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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

King James Dictionary

D'ARLING, a. Dearly beloved favorite regarded with great kindness and tenderness as a darling child a darling science.

D'ARLING, n. One much beloved a favorite as, that son was the darling of his father.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( יָחַיד, yachid', only, hence beloved) stands ( Psalms 22:21; Psalms 35:17) for life (as a thing not to be replaced); hence self (like נֶפֶשׁ, soul; comp. "dear me").

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A tributary of the Murray River, in Australia, now stagnant, now flooded.