HebrewH1077Neg

בַּל

bal

46Occurrences
H1077Strong's #
NegPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest

from H1086 (בָּלָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
not, hardly, else

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Neg

Morphology Code

H:Neg

Full Description

H:Neg

Occurrences

בַּל appears 46 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Psalms
20
Isaiah
14
Proverbs
9
Hosea
2
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:30BSB

tremble before Him, all the earth.The world is firmly established;it cannot be moved.

Isaiah 33:21BSB

But there the Majestic One, our LORD,will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals,where no galley with oars will row,and no majestic vessel will pass.

Proverbs 12:3BSB

A man cannot be established through wickedness,but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

Psalms 10:6BSB

He says to himself, “I will not be moved;from age to age I am free of distress.”

Psalms 149:7BSB

to inflict vengeance on the nationsand punishment on the peoples,

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