Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1086
בָּלָה
ba.lah · “to become old”
Used 16 times across 9 books
Definition
1) to wear out, become old
1a) (Qal) to wear out
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to wear out
1b2) to wear out by use, use up completely
1b3) to enjoy, use to the full
Aramaic equivalent: be.la (בְּלָא "to wear out" H1080)
1a) (Qal) to wear out
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to wear out
1b2) to wear out by use, use up completely
1b3) to enjoy, use to the full
Aramaic equivalent: be.la (בְּלָא "to wear out" H1080)
Where it appears
Genesis1
Deuteronomy3
Joshua1
1 Chronicles1
Nehemiah1
Job2
Psalms3
Isaiah3
Lamentations1
In the text
Genesis 18:12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?Deuteronomy 8:4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.Deuteronomy 29:4Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.Joshua 9:13And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.1 Chronicles 17:9Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,Nehemiah 9:21Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.Job 21:13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
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