בָּלַג
bâlag · baw-lag'
to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: comfort, (recover) strength(-en).
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
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › to carry, to lift up
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּלַג 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and comfort1 · 25%
- that i may take comfort1 · 25%
- me, that i may recover strength1 · 25%
- that strengtheneth1 · 25%
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.