בָּלָה
bâlâh · baw-law'
to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
- to fail
- by implication, to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּלָה 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- waxed not old2 · 13%
- i am waxed old1 · 6%
- are not waxen old1 · 6%
- is not waxen old1 · 6%
- are become old1 · 6%
- waste1 · 6%
- consumeth1 · 6%
- they spend1 · 6%
- waxed old1 · 6%
- shall consume1 · 6%
- yea, all of them shall wax old1 · 6%
- me? lo, they all shall wax old1 · 6%
- shall wax old1 · 6%
- shall long enjoy1 · 6%
- hath he made old1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.