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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׳.
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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 - And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:11 - And they said to Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness? why hast thou done this to us, that thou hast led us out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - that the manslayer might flee thither, who should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not previously, that fleeing to one of these cities, he might live:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:28 - lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he had promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - And this is the case of the slayer who shall flee thither that he may live: he that smiteth his neighbour unwittingly, whom he hated not previously;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children that he eateth, because he hath nothing left him in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - that the slayer who unwittingly without intent smiteth any one mortally may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; for he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not previously.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, no rain upon you, nor fields of heave-offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, as not anointed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - And they said unto him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 - From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:11 - Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:7 - They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:8 - They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock ...

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 - These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:19 - If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:9 - I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:6 - Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without transgression.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 - Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, and they wander for lack of meat?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 - If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:33 - Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:3 - There is no speech and there are no words, yet their voice is heard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:4 - They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to meet me, and behold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 - {A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:7 - In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace till the moon be no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11 - He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore my people are led away captive from lack of knowledge, and their nobility die of famine, and their multitude are parched with thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend into it, and her multitude, and her tumult, and all that is joyful within her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:8 - For all tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no more place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:10 - In a year and some days shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 - The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:10 - For the mountains will I take up weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness, a lamentation; for they are burnt up, so that none passeth through them; and the voice of the cattle is not heard. Both the fowl of the heavens and the beasts are fled; they are gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12 - Who is a wise man, that he may understand this? and he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished, burnt up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 - The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly: all her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are in grief; and as for her, she is in bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:15 - If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it become a desolation, so that no one passeth through because of the beasts;

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