James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: Darling

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James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: Darling


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DARLING.—Psa_22:20 ‘Deliver my darling from the power of the dog’; Psa_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.