בֶּלַע
Belaʻ · beh'-lah
Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H1105 (בֶּלַע);
Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Bela.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › to see and know
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֶּלַע 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bela6 · 43%
- and bela3 · 21%
- bela3 · 21%
- were belah1 · 7%
- and when bela1 · 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.