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Lexicon :: Strong's H1097 - bᵊlî

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בְּלִי
Transliteration
bᵊlî
Pronunciation
bel-ee'
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Part of Speech
adverb of negation, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 246e

Strong’s Definitions

בְּלִי bᵉlîy, bel-ee'; from H1086; properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.:—corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H1097 in the following manner: not, without, un..., lack of, so that no, corruption.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H1097 in the following manner: not, without, un..., lack of, so that no, corruption.
substantive

  1. wearing out

    adverb of negation

  2. without, no, not

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּלִי bᵉlîy, bel-ee'; from H1086; properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.:—corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
STRONGS H1097: Abbreviations
† בְּלִי substantive wearing out (بِلًى, oxlb wearing out of a garment), hence
1. figurative destruction Isaiah 38:17 שַׁחַת בְּלִי pit of destruction (of She'ôl).
2. defect, failure, hence adverb of negation (compare H657 אֶפֶס), chiefly poetic for לֹא, אֵין: —
a. with finite verb rare and only once in prose, Genesis 31:20 (E) עַל־בְּלִי הִגִּיד לוֺ because he told him not, Isaiah 14:6; Isaiah 32:10; Hosea 8:7; Hosea 9:16 (Kt) Job 41:18.
b. used to negative an adjective or participle 2 Samuel 1:21 בְּלִי מָשִׁיחַ not anointed, Psalm 19:4; Hosea 7:8: more frequently, especially in Job, joined with a substantive in sense of without, Job 8:11 will the reed-grass grow בְּלִי־מָ֑יִם without water? Job 24:10 they go about naked בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ without clothing, Job 31:39; Job 33:9; Job 34:6; Job 38:2 words בְּלִי־דַעַת without knowledge, Job 39:16; Job 42:3; Psalm 59:5 בְּלִי־עָוֺן יְרוּצוּן without (my) iniquity they run (against me), compare Psalm 59:4 לֹא, Psalm 63:2 a dry land בְּלִי מָ֑יִם without water, Isaiah 28:8; Job 30:8 בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם children of (men of) no name.
With prepositions
a. † בִּבְלִי, in בִּבְלִי דַעַת Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:4; Joshua 20:3, 5 D (= unawares: all in D's law of homicide); without knowledge Job 35:16; Job 36:12.
b. † לִבְלִי in a state of (see below לְ) no..., i.e. without,Isaiah 5:14 לִבְלִי־חֹק regardless of, without measure, Job 38:41; Job 41:25 that is made לִבְלִי־חֵת (to be) in a state of no fear, i.e. to be fearless.
c. † מִבְּלִי
(α) from want of, followed by a substantive or infinitive, מִן expressing causation, Deuteronomy 9:28 מִבְּלִי יְכֹלֶת י׳ on account of Jehovah's not being able... (in Numbers 14:16 מִבִּלְתִּי), Deuteronomy 28:55 (Ew238d; but also RSJPh xvi. 72), Isaiah 5:13 for want of knowledge, Hosea 4:6; Ezekiel 34:5; Lamentations 1:4 מִבְּלִי בָּאֵי מוֺעֵד for lack of comers to the stated feast. Followed by a pleonastic אֵין in the phrase ⬩⬩⬩הֲמִבְּלִי אֵין is it on account of there being no...? (literally is it from the deficiency of no...? compare twflD oflb Nem in Syriac; PS528), Exodus 14:11; 2 Kings 1:3, 6, 16.
(β) so that there is no... (literally away from there being no..., מִן expressing negation, and בְּלִי being pleonastic, as in מֵאֵין, see below H369 אַיִן 6d β); Jeremiah 2:15 its cities are burnt מִבְּלִי יוֺשֵׁב so that there is no inhabitant, Jeremiah 9:9-11 Ezekiel 14:15; Zephaniah 3:6. Once as a conjunction מִבְּלִי אֲשֶׁר, with pleonastic לֹא, so that not... Ecclesiastes 3:11. In Job מִבְּלִי is used more freely = without, the connection with a preceding verb being no longer distinctly felt: Job 4:20 without any heeding, they perish for ever, Job 6:6; Job 24:7, 8; probably also Job 4:11; Job 31:19 (though here the sense (α) would be admissible).
(γ) in Job 18:15 תִּשְׁכּוֺן בְּאָהֳלוֺ מִבְּלִי־לוֺ, מִן is probably partitive (so Hi): there shall dwell in his tent what is naught of his: Ew§ 323a De less probably even naught, compare below אַיִן 6d γ; Ges 'terror (supplied from Job 18:14) shall dwell in his tent so that it is no more his.'
d. † עַד־בְּלִי till there be no... Psalm 72:7; Malachi 3:10.

† בְּלִימָה noun [masculine] nothingness (from בְּלִי & מָה, literally not-aught) Job 26:7 who hangeth the earth on בְּ׳.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:20

Exodus

14:11

Numbers

14:16

Deuteronomy

4:42; 9:28; 19:4; 28:55

Joshua

20:3; 20:5

2 Samuel

1:21

2 Kings

1:3; 1:6; 1:16

Job

4:11; 4:20; 6:6; 8:11; 18:14; 18:15; 24:7; 24:8; 24:10; 26:7; 30:8; 31:19; 31:39; 33:9; 34:6; 35:16; 36:12; 38:2; 38:41; 39:16; 41:18; 41:25; 42:3

Psalms

19:4; 59:4; 59:5; 63:2; 72:7

Ecclesiastes

3:11

Isaiah

5:13; 5:14; 14:6; 28:8; 32:10; 38:17

Jeremiah

2:15; 9:9; 9:10; 9:11

Lamentations

1:4

Ezekiel

14:15; 34:5

Hosea

4:6; 7:8; 8:7; 9:16

Zephaniah

3:6

Malachi

3:10

H1097

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Strong's Number H1097 matches the Hebrew בְּלִי (bᵊlî),
which occurs 58 times in 57 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 31:20–Eze 14:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20 - Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:11 - They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:28 - Otherwise, the country from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - This is the rule concerning anyone who kills a person and flees there for safety—anyone who kills a neighbor unintentionally, without malice aforethought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - “Mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields.[fn] For there the shield of the mighty was despised, the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - “A man came to meet us,” they replied. “And he said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, “This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - He told the king, “This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 - The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 - Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:11 - Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - Fire resides[fn] in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:7 - Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:8 - They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 - Lacking clothes, they go about naked; they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:19 - if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:9 - ‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:6 - Although I am right, I am considered a liar; although I am guiltless, his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword[fn] and die without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 - “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 - The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:33 - Nothing on earth is its equal— a creature without fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:3 - They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:4 - I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to help me; look on my plight!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 - [fn]A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:7 - In his days may the righteous flourish and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11 - He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[fn] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding; those of high rank will die of hunger and the common people will be parched with thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:8 - All the tables are covered with vomit and there is not a spot without filth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:10 - In little more than a year you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail, and the harvest of fruit will not come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 - Lions have roared; they have growled at him. They have laid waste his land; his towns are burned and deserted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:10 - I will weep and wail for the mountains and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands. They are desolate and untraveled, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. The birds have all fled and the animals are gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; and I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12 - Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 - The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gateways are desolate, her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:15 - “Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,

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