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Lexicon :: Strong's H1086 - bālâ

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בָּלָה
Transliteration
bālâ
Pronunciation
baw-law'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 246

Strong’s Definitions

בָּלָה bâlâh, baw-law'; a primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend):—consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H1086 in the following manner: wax old (9x), become old (2x), consume (2x), waste (1x), enjoy (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H1086 in the following manner: wax old (9x), become old (2x), consume (2x), waste (1x), enjoy (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  1. to wear out, become old

    1. (Qal) to wear out

    2. (Piel)

      1. to wear out

      2. to wear out by use, use up completely

      3. to enjoy, use to the full

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּלָה bâlâh, baw-law'; a primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend):—consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
STRONGS H1086: Abbreviations
† [בָּלָה] verb become old and worn out (Arabic بَلِىَ, Aramaic בְּלֵי, Hb, Ethiopic በልየ፡ id.) —
Qal Perfect בָּֽֽֽלְתָה Deuteronomy 8:4, בָּלוּ Deuteronomy 29:4 +; Imperfect יִבְלֶה Job 13:28 etc.; Infinitive with suffix בְּלֹתִי Genesis 18:12; — wear out (intransitive), especially of garments Deuteronomy 8:4; Deuteronomy 29:4 (twice in verse), all with מֵעַל pregnantly wear out (and fall) from upon... (hence Nehemiah 9:21), Joshua 9:13; figurative of the heavens (with simile of garment) Isaiah 50:9; Psalm 102:27 כַּבֶּגֶד יִבְלוּ, the earth Isaiah 51:6 כַּבֶּגֶד תִּבְלֶה; the bones (through suffering) Psalm 32:3; afflicted man Job 13:28 וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה (|| כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֺ עָשׁ); of an aged and decrepit woman Genesis 18:12 (J) אַחֲרֵי בְלֹתִי after I am worn out.
Pi. causative of Qal.
a. wear out (transitive), figurative Lamentations 3:4 בִּלָּה בְשָׂרִי וְעוֺרִי, Psalm 49:15 and their form לְבַלּוֺת שְּׁאוֺל is for She’ôl to consume away (others read לִבְלוֺת is for wasting away [Dr§ 204], connecting שׁ׳ with following), 1 Chronicles 17:9 לְבַלֹּתוֺ to wear it (Israel) out (altered from לְעַנּוֺתוֺ 2 Samuel 7:10), compare Daniel 7:25 Aramaic
b. wear out by use, use to the full, Isaiah 65:22 and the work of their hands יְבַלּוּ they shall use to the full, enjoy, Job 21:13 they wear out their days in prosperity (Qr here יְכַלּוּ complete, which perhaps is the true reading in both passages; compare Exodus 5:13; Job 36:11). — On בַּלּוֹתִֹי Psalm 92:11, see below H1101 בָּלַל.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:12; 18:12

Exodus

5:13

Deuteronomy

8:4; 8:4; 29:4; 29:4

Joshua

9:13

2 Samuel

7:10

1 Chronicles

17:9

Nehemiah

9:21

Job

13:28; 13:28; 21:13; 36:11

Psalms

32:3; 49:15; 92:11; 102:27

Isaiah

50:9; 51:6; 65:22

Lamentations

3:4

Daniel

7:25

H1086

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1086 matches the Hebrew בָּלָה (bālâ),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - Therefore H6711➔ Sarah H8283 laughed ➔H6711 within herself, H7130 saying, H559 After H310 I am waxed old H1086 shall I have H1961 pleasure, H5730 my lord H113➔ being old H2204 also? ➔H113

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:4 - Thy raiment H8071 waxed H1086➔ not H3808 old ➔ H1086 upon thee, H5921 neither H3808 did H1216➔ thy foot H7272 swell, ➔H1216 these H2088 forty H705 years. H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:5 - And I have led H3212 you H853 forty H705 years H8141 in the wilderness: H4057 your clothes H8008 are H1086➔ not H3808 waxen old ➔ H1086 upon you, H5921 and thy shoe H5275 is H1086➔ not H3808 waxen old ➔ H1086 upon H5921 thy foot. H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - And these H428 bottles H4997 of wine, H3196 which H834 we filled, H4390 were new; H2319 and, behold, H2009 they be rent: H1234 and these H428 our garments H8008 and our shoes H5275 are become old H1086 by reason of H7230➔ the H1870➔ very H3966 long ➔H7230 journey. ➔H1870

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:9 - Also I will ordain H7760 a place H4725 for my people H5971 Israel, H3478 and will plant them, H5193 and they shall dwell H7931 in their place, H8478 and H3808➔ shall be moved H7264 no ➔H3808 more; H5750 neither H3808 shall H1086➔ the children H1121 of wickedness H5766 waste them ➔ H1086 any more, H3254 as H834 at the beginning, H7223

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 - Yea, forty H705 years H8141 didst thou sustain them H3557 in the wilderness, H4057 so that they lacked H2637 nothing; H3808 their clothes H8008 waxed H1086➔ not H3808 old, ➔ H1086 and their feet H7272 swelled H1216 not. H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:28 - And he, H1931 as a rotten thing, H7538 consumeth, H1086 as a garment H899 that is H398➔ moth H6211 eaten. ➔H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They spend H3615 their days H3117 in wealth, H2896 and in a moment H7281 go down H5181 to the grave. H7585

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:3 - When H3588 I kept silence, H2790 my bones H6106 waxed old H1086 through my roaring H7581 all H3605 the day long. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Like sheep H6629 they are laid H8371 in the grave; H7585 death H4194 shall feed on them; H7462 and H7287➔ the upright H3477 shall have dominion ➔H7287 over them in the morning; H1242 and their beauty H6697 shall consume H1086 in the grave H7585 from H2073➔ their dwelling. ➔H2073

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26 - They H1992 shall perish, H6 but thou H859 shalt endure: H5975 yea, all of them H3605 shall wax old H1086 like a garment; H899 as a vesture H3830 shalt thou change them, H2498 and they shall be changed: H2498

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:9 - Behold, H2005 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 will help H5826 me; H589 who H4310 is he H1931 that shall condemn me? H7561 lo, H2005 they all H3605 shall wax old H1086 as a garment; H899 the moth H6211 shall eat them up. H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 - Lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 to the heavens, H8064 and look H5027 upon H413 the earth H776 beneath: H8478 for H3588 the heavens H8064 shall vanish away H4414 like smoke, H6227 and the earth H776 shall wax old H1086 like a garment, H899 and they that dwell therein H3427 shall die H4191 in H3644 like manner: H3654 but my salvation H3444 shall be H1961 for ever, H5769 and my righteousness H6666 shall H2865➔ not H3808 be abolished. ➔H2865

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:4 - My flesh H1320 and my skin H5785 hath he made old; H1086 he hath broken H7665 my bones. H6106
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