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Lexicon :: Strong's H1086 - bālâ

Aa
בָּלָה
Transliteration
bālâ
Pronunciation
baw-law'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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 - So Sarah H8283 laughed H6711 [fn]to herself H7130, saying H559, “After H310 I have become H1086 old H1086, am I to have H1961 pleasure H5730, my lord H113 being H2204 old H2204 also?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:4 - “Your clothing H8071 did not wear H1086 out H1086 on you, nor H3808 did your foot H7272 swell H1216 these H2088 forty H705 years H8141.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:5 - “And I have led H1980 you in the wilderness H4057 for forty H705 years H8141; your clothes H8008 have not worn H1086 out H1086 on you, and your sandal H5275 has not worn H1086 out H1086 on your foot H7272.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - “And these H428 wineskins H4997 which H834 we filled H4390 were new H2319, and behold H2009, they are split H1234 open H1234; and these H428 clothes H8008 of ours and our sandals H5275 are worn H1086 out H1086 from the very H3966 long H7230 journey H1870.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:9 - “And I will appoint H7760 a place H4725 for My people H5971 Israel H3478, and will plant H5193 them there, so that they may live H7931 in H7931 their own place H8478 and not tremble H7264 with anxiety again H5750; and the [fn]wicked H5766 H1121 will not make H1086 them waste H1086 away H1086 anymore H3254 as they did previously H7223,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 -

“Indeed, for forty H705 years H8141 You provided H3557 for H3557 them in the wilderness H4057 and they were not lacking H2637;

Their clothes H8008 did not wear H1086 out H1086, nor H3808 did their feet H7272 swell H1216 up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:28 -

While [fn]I am H1086 decaying H1086 like a rotten H7538 thing H7538,

Like a garment H899 that is moth-eaten H6211 H398.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 -

“They spend H1086 their days H3117 in prosperity H2896,

And [fn]suddenly H7281 they go H5181 down H5181 to [fn]Sheol H7585.

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When H3588 I kept H2790 silent H2790 about my sin, my [fn]body H6106 wasted H1086 away H1086

Through my [fn]groaning H7581 all H3605 day H3117 long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 -

Like sheep H6629 they sink H7743 down H7743 to [fn]Sheol H7585;

Death H4194 will be their shepherd H7462;

And the upright H3477 will rule H7287 over them in the morning H1242,

And their form H6736 shall be for [fn]Sheol H7585 to consume H1086

[fn]So H4480 that H4480 they have no H4480 lofty H2073 home H2073.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26 -

“[fn]Even they will perish H6, but You endure H5975;

All H3605 of them will wear H1086 out H1086 like a garment H899;

Like clothing H3830 You will change H2498 them and they will pass H2498 away H2498.

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Behold H2005, the Lord H136 GOD H3068 helps H5826 Me;

Who H4310 is he who condemns H7561 Me?

Behold H2005, they will all H3605 wear H1086 out H1086 like a garment H899;

A moth H6211 will eat H398 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 -

“Raise H5375 your eyes H5869 to the sky H8064,

Then look H5027 to the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478;

For the sky H8064 will vanish H4414 like smoke H6227,

And the earth H776 will wear H1086 out H1086 like a garment H899

And its inhabitants H3427 will die H4191 [fn]in the same H3644 way H3651.

But My salvation H3444 will be forever H5769,

And My righteousness H6666 will not fail H2865.

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“They will not build H1129 and another H312 inhabit H3427,

They will not plant H5193 and another H312 eat H398;

For as the [fn]lifetime H3117 of a tree H6086, so will be the days H3117 of My people H5971,

And My chosen H972 ones H972 will fully H1086 enjoy H1086 the work H4639 of their hands H3027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:4 -

He has consumed H1086 my flesh H1320 and my skin H5785,

He has broken H7665 my bones H6106.

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