Strong's Lexicon
beli: Without, not, lacking
Original Word:בְּלִי
Part of Speech:substantive; adverb of negation
Transliteration:bliy
Pronunciation:beh-LEE
Phonetic Spelling:(bel-ee')
Definition:Without, not, lacking
Meaning:failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as
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
balahDefinitiona wearing out
NASB Translationbecause* (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
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wearing out of a garment), hence
figurativedestructionIsaiah 38:17 pit of destruction (ofSh®°ôl).
defect, failure, hence
(compare ), chiefly poetic for , : —
. rare and only once in prose,Genesis 31:20 (E) because he told him not,Isaiah 14:6;Isaiah 32:10;Hosea 8:7;Hosea 9:16 (Kt)Job 41:18.
. or participle2 Samuel 1:21not anointed,Psalm 19:4;Hosea 7:8: more frequently, especially in Job, joined with a substantive in sense ofwithout,Job 8:11 will the reed-grass growwithout water?Job 24:10 they go about nakedwithout clothing,Job 31:39;Job 33:9;Job 34:6;Job 38:2 wordswithout knowledge,Job 39:16;Job 42:3;Psalm 59:5without (my) iniquity they run (against me), comparePsalm 59:4 ,Psalm 63:2 a dry landwithout water,Isaiah 28:8;Job 30:8 children of (men of)no name.
With prepositions , inDeuteronomy 4:42;Deuteronomy 19:4;Joshua 20:3,5 D (=unawares: all in D's law of homicide);without knowledgeJob 35:16;Job 36:12.
in a state of (see below )no..., i.e.without,Isaiah 5:14regardless of, without measure,Job 38:41;Job 41:25 that is made (to be)in a state of no fear, i.e. to befearless.
(a)from want of, followed by a substantive or infin., expressingcausation,Deuteronomy 9:28 on account of Jehovah'snot being able... (inNumbers 14:16 ),Numbers 28:55 (Ew238d; but also RSJPh xvi. 72),Isaiah 5:13for want of knowledge,Hosea 4:6;Ezekiel 34:5;Lamentations 1:4for lack of comers to the stated feast. Followed by a pleonastic in the phrase is iton account of there beingno...? (literally is itfrom the deficiency of no...? compare
in Syriac; PS528),Exodus 14:11;2 Kings 1:3,6,16. ()so that there is no... (literallyaway from there beingno..., expressingnegation, and being pleonastic, as in , see below );Jeremiah 2:15 its cities are burntso that there is no inhabitant,Jeremiah 9:9-11Ezekiel 14:15;Zephaniah 3:6. Once as a conjunction , with pleonastic ,so that not...Ecclesiastes 3:11. In Job is used more freely =without, the connection with a preceding verb being no longer distinctly felt:Job 4:20without any heeding, they perish for ever,Job 6:6;Job 24:7,8; probably alsoJob 4:11;Job 31:19 (though here the sense () would be admissible). () inJob 18:15 , is probablypartitive (so Hi): there shall dwell in his tentwhat is naught of his: Ew§ 323a De less probablyeven naught, compare below ; Ges 'terror (supplied fromJob 18:14) shall dwell in his tentso that it is no more his.'
till there beno...Psalm 72:7;Malachi 3:10.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
corruption, ignorantly, for lack of, where no
Frombalah; 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 HEBREWbalah
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 vivli
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