בָּלַל
bâlal · baw-lal'
to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; (also denominatively from H1098 (בְּלִיל)) to fodder
to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder
- to overflow (specifically with oil.)
- by implication, to mix
- to fodder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: anoint, confound, [idiom] fade, mingle, mix (self), give provender, temper.
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
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּלַל 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
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- mingled37 · 84%
- and there confound1 · 2%
- did there confound1 · 2%
- tempered1 · 2%
- and gave provender1 · 2%
- i shall be anointed1 · 2%
- and we all do fade1 · 2%
- he hath mixed1 · 2%
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.