בָּלָה

ba.lahto become oldHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb16 occurrences9 books15 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
Traditional renderings: consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בָּלָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

16 total
  1. Genesis 18:12בְלֹתִי֙ · I am worn out
    So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
  2. Deuteronomy 8:4בָֽלְתָה֙ · wear out
    Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
  3. Deuteronomy 29:5בָל֤וּ · wear out; בָלְתָ֖ה
    For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
  4. Joshua 9:13בָּל֕וּ · are worn out
    These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 17:9לְבַלֹּת֔וֹ · oppress them
    And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
  6. Nehemiah 9:21בָל֔וּ · wear out
    For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
  7. Job 13:28יִבְלֶ֑ה · wastes away
    So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
  8. Job 21:13יְבַלּוּ · They spend
    They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
  9. Psalm 32:3בָּל֣וּ · became brittle
    When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
  10. Psalm 49:14לְבַלּ֥וֹת · will decay
    Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
  11. Psalm 102:26יִבְל֑וּ · wear out
    They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
  12. Isaiah 50:9יִבְל֔וּ · wear out
    Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
  13. Isaiah 51:6תִּבְלֶ֔ה · will wear out
    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
  14. Isaiah 65:22יְבַלּ֥וּ · will fully enjoy
    No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
  15. Lamentations 3:4בִּלָּ֤ה · He has worn away
    He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.