Berean Strong's Lexicon beli: Without, not, lacking Original Word: בְּלִי Word Origin: Derived from the root word בָּלָה (balah), meaning "to wear out" or "to decay." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G5565 (χωρίς, chōris) - meaning "separately" or "apart from" - G3756 (οὐ, ou) - meaning "not" or "no" Usage: The Hebrew word "beli" is used to convey the absence or lack of something. It often appears in contexts where something is missing or where a negative condition is described. It can denote a state of being without, such as "without end" or "without cause." Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of lacking or being without was significant, as it often related to survival and well-being. The absence of essential resources like food, water, or protection could mean life or death. Thus, the term "beli" would resonate deeply with the original audience, emphasizing the gravity of situations where something crucial was missing. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom balah Definition a wearing out NASB Translation because* (6), cannot (1), lack (4), no (6), no more (1), no one (3), nor (1), nothing (1), nothing* (1), nothingness (1), one (2), overflows* (1), so* (3), unconcerned* (1), unintentionally* (2), unobserved* (1), unrestrained* (1), want (1), without (20), without* (1), yet so (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs בְּלִי substantive wearing out ( ,  wearing out of a garment), hence 1 figurative destruction Isaiah 38:17 שַׁחַת בְּלִי pit of destruction (of Sh®°ôl). 2 defect, failure, hence adverb of negation (compare אֶפֶס), chiefly poetic for לֹא, אֵין: — a. with finite vb. rare and only once in prose, Genesis 31:20 (E) עַלבְּֿלִי 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 adj. 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 בְּלִימָֿ֑יִם 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 בְּלִידַֿעַת without knowledge, Job 39:16; Job 42:3; Psalm 59:5 בְּלִיעָֿוֺן 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 בְלִישֵֿׁם 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 לִבְלִיחֹֿק regardless of, without measure, Job 38:41; Job 41:25 that is made לִבְלִיחֵֿת (to be) in a state of no fear, i.e. to be fearless. c. מִבְּלִי (a) from want of, followed by a substantive or infin., מִן expressing causation, Deuteronomy 9:28 ׳מִבְּלִי יְכֹלֶת י on account of Jehovah's not being able... (in Numbers 14:16 מִבִּלְתִּי), Numbers 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 d. עַדבְּֿלִי till there be no... Psalm 72:7; Malachi 3:10. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance corruption, ignorantly, for lack of, where no From balah; 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. see HEBREW balah Forms and Transliterations בְּ֝לִ֗י בְּֽלִ֫י בְּֽלִי־ בְּלִ֔י בְּלִ֖י בְּלִ֣י בְּלִ֥י בְּלִי֙ בְּלִי־ בְלִי־ בִּבְלִי־ בִבְלִי־ בַֽל־ בבלי־ בל־ בלי בלי־ הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י המבלי וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י ומבלי כִּבְלִי־ כבלי־ לִבְלִי־ לבלי־ מִבְּלִ֖י מִבְּלִ֞י מִבְּלִ֣י מִבְּלִ֥י מִבְּלִי֙ מִבְּלִי־ מבלי מבלי־ ḇal- bə·lî bə·lî- ḇə·lî- beLi bəlî bəlî- ḇəlî- biḇ·lî- ḇiḇ·lî- biḇlî- ḇiḇlî- bivli ha·mib·bə·lî hamibbeLi hamibbəlî kiḇ·lî- kiḇlî- kivli liḇ·lî- liḇlî- livli mib·bə·lî mib·bə·lî- mibbeLi mibbəlî mibbəlî- ū·mib·bə·lî umibbeLi ūmibbəlî val veli vivliLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 31:20 HEB: הָאֲרַמִּ֑י עַל־ בְּלִי֙ הִגִּ֣יד ל֔וֹ KJV: in that he told him not that he fled. INT: the Aramean that not telling for Exodus 14:11 Deuteronomy 4:42 Deuteronomy 9:28 Deuteronomy 19:4 Deuteronomy 28:55 Joshua 20:3 Joshua 20:5 2 Samuel 1:21 2 Kings 1:3 2 Kings 1:6 2 Kings 1:16 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 30:8 Job 31:19 Job 31:39 Job 33:9 Job 34:6 58 Occurrences |
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