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Darling

2 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.

These works date from 1897–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

The verses

The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.

Psalms 22:20Easton · ISBE
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Psalms 35:17Easton · ISBE
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references

Ps. 22:20; 35:17) means an “only one.”

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references

dar'-ling (yachidh, "only," the King James Version margin, "only one"; the American Revised Version, margin, "dear life"): Used poetically for the life or soul (Ps 22:20; 35:17).

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

Darling

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