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Hebrew word study

בְּלִיbᵉlîy — properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction

Pronounced “bel-ee'”

properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.

Translated in the King James as: corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.

Appears 57 times in Scripture

Origin: from H1086 (בָּלָה);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 1×

Exodus — 1×

Deuteronomy — 4×

Deuteronomy 4:42 Deuteronomy 9:28 Deuteronomy 19:4 Deuteronomy 28:55

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 20:3 Joshua 20:5

2 Samuel — 1×

2 Kings — 3×

2 Ki 1:3 2 Ki 1:6 2 Ki 1:16

Job — 21×

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

Psalms — 4×

Psalms 19:3 Psalms 59:4 Psalms 63:1 Psalms 72:7

Ecclesiastes — 1×

Isaiah — 6×

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

Jeremiah — 4×

Jeremiah 2:15 Jeremiah 9:10 Jeremiah 9:11 Jeremiah 9:12

Lamentations — 1×

Ezekiel — 2×

Ezekiel 14:15 Ezekiel 34:5

Hosea — 3×

Hosea 4:6 Hosea 8:7 Hosea 9:16

Zephaniah — 2×

Zeph 3:6+ 1 more in Zephaniah

Malachi — 1×

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.