H1086 · בָּלָה
bâlâh · baw-law' · wax old, become old, waste
H1086 (bâlâh, pronounced baw-law') is the Hebrew word בָּלָה in Strong’s dictionary: to fail. It appears 16 times in 15 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- בָּלָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- bâlâh
- Pronunciation
- baw-law'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
- Rendered in the KJV
- consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
16 occurrences in 15 verses (15 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “wear out” ×5
- “He has worn away” ×1
- “I am worn out” ×1
- “They spend” ×1
- “are worn out” ×1
- “became brittle” ×1
- “oppress them” ×1
- “wastes away” ×1
By book
Genesis 1 · Deuteronomy 2 · Joshua 1 · 1 Chronicles 1 · Nehemiah 1 · Job 2 · Psalms 3 · Isaiah 3 · Lamentations 1
Verses
- Genesis 18:12
- Deuteronomy 8:4
- Deuteronomy 29:5
- Joshua 9:13
- 1 Chronicles 17:9
- Nehemiah 9:21
- Job 13:28
- Job 21:13
- Psalms 32:3
- Psalms 49:14
- Psalms 102:26
- Isaiah 50:9
- Isaiah 51:6
- Isaiah 65:22
- Lamentations 3:4
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H1086.