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

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