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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.
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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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - and Abraham and Sarah are aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:4 - 'Thy raiment hath not worn out from off thee, and thy foot hath not swelled these forty years,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:5 - and I cause you to go forty years in a wilderness; your garments have not been consumed from off you, and thy shoe hath not worn away from off thy foot;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - and these are the wine-bottles which we filled, new, and lo, they have rent; and these, our garments and our sandals, have become old, from the exceeding greatness of the way.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:9 - 'And I have prepared a place for My people Israel, and planted it, and it hath dwelt in its place, and is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness add not to wear it out as at first,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 - and forty years Thou hast nourished them in a wilderness; they have not lacked; their garments have not worn out, and their feet have not swelled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:28 - And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They wear out in good their days, And in a moment to Sheol go down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:3 - When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26 - They -- They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:9 - Lo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who is he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 - Lift ye up to the heavens your eyes, And look attentively unto the earth beneath, For the heavens as smoke have vanished, And the earth as a garment weareth out, And its inhabitants as gnats do die, And My salvation is to the age, And My righteousness is not broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:22 - They do not build, and another inhabit, They do not plant, and another eat, For as the days of a tree are the days of My people, And the work of their hands wear out do My chosen ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:4 - He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
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