בַּל
bal · bal
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1086 (בָּלָה);
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
- properly, a failure
- by implication, nothing
- usually, (adverb) not at all
- also, lest
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
73 occurrences · 73 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- none1 · 11%
- nor1 · 11%
- lest1 · 11%
- and1 · 11%
- that they do not1 · 11%
- yet will he not1 · 11%
- and will not1 · 11%
- neither1 · 11%
- no1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.