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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 Box Gen 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20 - Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, for they set out secretly and never told Laban they were leaving.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:11 - and they said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren’t there enough graves for us in Egypt? What have you done to us? Why did you make us leave Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:28 - If you destroy these people, the Egyptians will say, “The Israelites died because the LORD wasn’t able to bring them to the land he had promised to give them.” Or they might say, “He destroyed them because he hated them; he deliberately took them into the wilderness to slaughter them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - “If someone kills another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, the slayer may flee to any of these cities to live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - He will refuse to share with them the flesh he is devouring—the flesh of one of his own children—because he has nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - Anyone who kills another person accidentally and unintentionally can run to one of these cities; they will be places of refuge from relatives seeking revenge for the person who was killed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - If the relatives of the victim come to avenge the killing, the leaders must not release the slayer to them, for he killed the other person unintentionally and without previous hostility.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - O mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no dew or rain upon you,
nor fruitful fields producing offerings of grain.[fn]
For there the shield of the mighty heroes was defiled;
the shield of Saul will no longer be anointed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, “Go and confront the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is there no God in Israel? Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will recover?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - They replied, “A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the LORD says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - And Elijah said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: Why did you send messengers to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Is there no God in Israel to answer your question? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 - The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 - They are alive in the morning but dead by evening,
gone forever without a trace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Don’t people complain about unsalted food?
Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:11 - “Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh?
Can marsh grass flourish without water?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - The homes of the wicked will burn down;
burning sulfur rains on their houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:7 - All night they lie naked in the cold,
without clothing or covering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:8 - They are soaked by mountain showers,
and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 - The poor must go about naked, without any clothing.
They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - They are nameless fools,
outcasts from society.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:19 - Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes
and the needy with nothing to wear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - or if I have stolen its crops
or murdered its owners,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:9 - You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin;
I am innocent; I have no guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:6 - I am innocent, but they call me a liar.
My suffering is incurable, though I have not sinned.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - But you are talking nonsense, Job.
You have spoken like a fool.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But if they refuse to listen to him,
they will be killed by the sword[fn]
and die from lack of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 - “Who is this that questions my wisdom
with such ignorant words?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - Who provides food for the ravens
when their young cry out to God
and wander about in hunger?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She is harsh toward her young,
as if they were not her own.
She doesn’t care if they die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 - No sword can stop it,
no spear, dart, or javelin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:33 - Nothing on earth is its equal,
no other creature so fearless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’
It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about,
things far too wonderful for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:3 - They speak without a sound or word;
their voice is never heard.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:4 - I have done nothing wrong,
yet they prepare to attack me.
Wake up! See what is happening and help me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 - A psalm of David, regarding a time when David was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
where there is no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:7 - May all the godly flourish during his reign.
May there be abundant prosperity until the moon is no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11 - Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - So my people will go into exile far away
because they do not know me.
Those who are great and honored will starve,
and the common people will die of thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - The grave[fn] is licking its lips in anticipation,
opening its mouth wide.
The great and the lowly
and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - You struck the people with endless blows of rage
and held the nations in your angry grip
with unrelenting tyranny.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:8 - Their tables are covered with vomit;
filth is everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:10 - In a short time—just a little more than a year—
you careless ones will suddenly begin to care.
For your fruit crops will fail,
and the harvest will never take place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - Yes, this anguish was good for me,
for you have rescued me from death
and forgiven all my sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 - Strong lions have roared against him,
and the land has been destroyed.
The towns are now in ruins,
and no one lives in them anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:10 - I will weep for the mountains
and wail for the wilderness pastures.
For they are desolate and empty of life;
the lowing of cattle is heard no more;
the birds and wild animals have all fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - “I will make Jerusalem into a heap of ruins,” says the LORD.
“It will be a place haunted by jackals.
The towns of Judah will be ghost towns,
with no one living in them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12 - Who is wise enough to understand all this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it to others? Why has the land been so ruined that no one dares to travel through it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 - The roads to Jerusalem[fn] are in mourning,
for crowds no longer come to celebrate the festivals.
The city gates are silent,
her priests groan,
her young women are crying—
how bitter is her fate!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:15 - “Or suppose I were to send wild animals to invade the country, kill the people, and make the land too desolate and dangerous to pass through.

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