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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 15 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - Sarah H8283 laughed H6711 [fn]to herself, H7130 saying, H559 “After H310 I have become H1086 old, H1086 shall I 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 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 - “I have led H1980 you forty H705 years H8141 in the wilderness; H4057 your clothes H8008 have not worn H1086 out on you, and your sandal H5275 has not worn H1086 out on your foot. H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - “These H428 wineskins H4997 which H834 we filled H4390 were new, H2319 and behold, H2009 they are torn; H1234 and these H428 our clothes H8008 and our sandals H5275 are worn H1086 out because H4480 of the very H3966 long H7231 journey.” H1870

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:9 - “I will appoint H7760 a place H4725 for My people H5971 Israel, H3478 and will plant H5193 them, so that they may dwell H7931 in their own place H8478 and not be moved H7264 again; H5750 and the [fn]wicked H5766 H1121 will not waste H1086 them anymore H3254 as formerly, H7223

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 - “Indeed, forty H705 years H8141 You provided H3557 for them in the wilderness H4057 and they were not in want; H2637
Their clothes H8008 did not wear H1086 out, nor H3808 did their feet H7272 swell. H1216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:28 - While [fn]I am decaying H1086 like a rotten H7538 thing, H7538
Like a garment H899 that is moth-eaten. H6211 H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:3 - 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 - As sheep H6629 they are appointed H8371 for [fn]Sheol; H7585
Death H4194 shall be their shepherd; H7462
And the upright H3477 shall 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 they have no H4480 habitation. H2073

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26 - “[fn]Even they will perish, H6 but You endure; H5975
And all H3605 of them will wear H1086 out like a garment; H899
Like clothing H3830 You will change H2498 them and they will be changed. H2498

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:9 - 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 like a garment; H899
The moth H6211 will eat H398 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 - “Lift H5375 up 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 like a garment H899
And its inhabitants H3427 will die H4191 [fn]in like H3644 manner; H3654
But My salvation H3444 will be forever, H5769
And My righteousness H6666 will not [fn]wane. H2865

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:22 - “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 wear H1086 out the work H4639 of their hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:4 - He has caused my flesh H1320 and my skin H5785 to waste H1086 away, H1086
He has broken H7665 my bones. H6106
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