בְּלִי
bᵉlîy · bel-ee'
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1086 (בָּלָה);
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
- properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction
- usually, (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּלִי 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
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- without3 · 21%
- for lack2 · 14%
- him not1 · 7%
- unawares1 · 7%
- ignorantly1 · 7%
- unwittingly1 · 7%
- because it is none1 · 7%
- where no1 · 7%
- so that1 · 7%
- and none1 · 7%
- of corruption1 · 7%
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.